have a hard time

idiom

: to experience difficulty doing something
She's having a hard time living within her budget.
The school has had a hard time recruiting substitute teachers.
He's been having a hard time with his research paper.

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Even savvy healthcare consumers – aka patients – will have a hard time reining in healthcare spending in the face of physicians preaching an ethic of better safe than sorry. Peter Ubel, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025 If fewer younger voters hold partisan affiliation, the parties will eventually have a hard time fielding candidates. Jocelyn Shek, NBC news, 25 June 2025 And that’s a win for women everywhere who have a hard time maintaining a manicure. Sam Reed, Glamour, 10 June 2025 Why are people having a hard time affording life in Florida? Florida has long drawn out-of-staters. Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 11 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for have a hard time

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“Have a hard time.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/have%20a%20hard%20time. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.

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