hit hard
idiom
: to be affected badly : to be harmed
Many families have been hit hard by the layoffs.
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Stocks, especially retailers like Nike, Deckers Outdoors and Abercrombie & Fitch that were hit hard last year by rising import and manufacturing costs due to tariffs, rose and pushed overall indexes higher.
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Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 20 Feb. 2026
Those were some retailers that had been hit hard by the levies.
—Sean Conlon,pia Singh, CNBC, 19 Feb. 2026
Families earning about $128,000 a year, or more than 400% of the federal poverty line, have been especially hit hard.
—The Week Us, TheWeek, 19 Feb. 2026
Mandatory 20-hour weekly work requirements will also disproportionately impact people who work in fields that have been hit hard by unemployment as well as caregivers and the disabled.
—Annemarie Dooling, Bon Appetit Magazine, 18 Feb. 2026
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Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 20 Feb. 2026
Those were some retailers that had been hit hard by the levies.
—Sean Conlon,pia Singh, CNBC, 19 Feb. 2026
Families earning about $128,000 a year, or more than 400% of the federal poverty line, have been especially hit hard.
—The Week Us, TheWeek, 19 Feb. 2026
Mandatory 20-hour weekly work requirements will also disproportionately impact people who work in fields that have been hit hard by unemployment as well as caregivers and the disabled.
—Annemarie Dooling, Bon Appetit Magazine, 18 Feb. 2026
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“Hit hard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hit%20hard. Accessed 25 Feb. 2026.
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