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the team's hard-nosed coach doesn't make exceptions for anybody
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Star Trek favorite Kate Mulgrew is leading an Irish TV series called The Yank about a hard-nosed New York cop in Ireland from Blue Lights producer Two Cities Television.
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Max Goldbart, Deadline, 15 Apr. 2026
But the hard-nosed Cronin apparently couldn’t reach him while Michigan’s gentler Dusty May could and … hmmmm.
—Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2026
The hard-nosed, no-nonsense Sumrall plans to resurrect the Gators while reinventing an event that had at times resembled a dog-and-pony show — or wasn’t even a true game at all.
—Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Apr. 2026
Murphy plays a hard-nosed game and talks trash, which often puts more of a spotlight on her extracurriculars, but make no mistake, this is an ultra-elite player.
—Hailey Salvian, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2026
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Max Goldbart, Deadline, 15 Apr. 2026
But the hard-nosed Cronin apparently couldn’t reach him while Michigan’s gentler Dusty May could and … hmmmm.
—Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2026
The hard-nosed, no-nonsense Sumrall plans to resurrect the Gators while reinventing an event that had at times resembled a dog-and-pony show — or wasn’t even a true game at all.
—Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Apr. 2026
Murphy plays a hard-nosed game and talks trash, which often puts more of a spotlight on her extracurriculars, but make no mistake, this is an ultra-elite player.
—Hailey Salvian, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2026
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“Hard-nosed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hard-nosed. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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