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After the initial months of Russia's full-scale invasion and Ukraine's fall 2022 counteroffensive, the frontline in the east of Ukraine became relatively static, Russia's gains hard-won with very high casualty counts.
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John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025
That progress has been hard-won and should be celebrated.
—Lisa Jarvis, Mercury News, 29 Mar. 2025
In the series’ ending, Ae-sun and Geum-myeong’s professional successes are positioned as examples of social progress that was hard-won across generations.
—Kayti Burt, Time, 28 Mar. 2025
The friendship is hard-won, over years of Yuval showing up and Basel welcoming him.
—Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 28 Feb. 2025
Trust is often hard-won and takes time and effort to build.
—Jake Webster, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
For us fathers, respect is hard-won—and often short-lived.
—Akash Kapur, Travel + Leisure, 24 Feb. 2025
The Trunk is a more complex slow-burn compared to the traditional K-drama, trading the surety of a confident love story for something quieter and more hard-won.
—Kayti Burt, TIME, 14 Feb. 2025
Instead of making cuts, the team added scenes of Jeep vehicles on the road and even a few with soldiers to underscore how freedom has been hard-won.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 10 Feb. 2025
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John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025
That progress has been hard-won and should be celebrated.
—Lisa Jarvis, Mercury News, 29 Mar. 2025
In the series’ ending, Ae-sun and Geum-myeong’s professional successes are positioned as examples of social progress that was hard-won across generations.
—Kayti Burt, Time, 28 Mar. 2025
The friendship is hard-won, over years of Yuval showing up and Basel welcoming him.
—Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 28 Feb. 2025
Trust is often hard-won and takes time and effort to build.
—Jake Webster, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
For us fathers, respect is hard-won—and often short-lived.
—Akash Kapur, Travel + Leisure, 24 Feb. 2025
The Trunk is a more complex slow-burn compared to the traditional K-drama, trading the surety of a confident love story for something quieter and more hard-won.
—Kayti Burt, TIME, 14 Feb. 2025
Instead of making cuts, the team added scenes of Jeep vehicles on the road and even a few with soldiers to underscore how freedom has been hard-won.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 10 Feb. 2025
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“Hard-won.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hard-won. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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