How to Use hack it in a Sentence

hack it

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  • More than a golf course Of course, those hacking it up on the course are only half the story.
    — Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2026
  • James and Odie, both injured, have to hack it out and hike through some seriously treacherous terrain.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2026
  • But in college, at Memphis, Tigers coach Charles Huff hacked it before the Rams claimed to do so.
    — Chris Branch, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • On a shift-by-shift basis, however, if a young player isn’t able to hack it in the NHL, that’s going to show up.
    — Thomas Drance, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
  • In our high-cost, high-housing-cost economy, industries that hire a preponderance of high-income workers are going to be able to hack it.
    — Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Now Perella Weinberg, founded by M&A royalty Joe Perella and Peter Weinberg, is in talks to sell to Piper Sandler, which was itself formed by the 2019 merger of two boutiques that couldn’t hack it alone.
    — semafor.com, 1 Oct. 2026

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