as in difficulty
something that is a cause for suffering or special effort especially in the attainment of a goal
working two jobs was a hardship he was willing to endure to get out of debt
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Recent Examples of hardship
Meanwhile, the grinding war of attrition along the roughly 600-mile front line snaking through eastern and southern Ukraine has dragged on, and Ukrainian civilians are enduring another winter of hardship after Russian bombardment of cities in the rear.
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Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2026
Local residents are facing hardships as weather conditions keep them from getting to work.
—Elissa Jorgensen, Dallas Morning News, 26 Jan. 2026
After several years of extreme hardship, the chats pushed Puerto Ricans over the edge.
—Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 26 Jan. 2026
Residents at the rally said the parking fees are just one additional financial hardship facing San Diegans, especially following the city’s new trash collection fee.
—Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Jan. 2026
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Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2026
Local residents are facing hardships as weather conditions keep them from getting to work.
—Elissa Jorgensen, Dallas Morning News, 26 Jan. 2026
After several years of extreme hardship, the chats pushed Puerto Ricans over the edge.
—Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 26 Jan. 2026
Residents at the rally said the parking fees are just one additional financial hardship facing San Diegans, especially following the city’s new trash collection fee.
—Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hardship
difficulty
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The victims, all elementary school students, got into difficulty in a frozen pond in Bonham, a city about 60 miles northeast of Dallas, triggering a desperate effort by their mother and a neighbor to save them, FOX 4 reported.—
Michael Dorgan,
FOXNews.com,
28 Jan. 2026
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Analysts say Russian President Vladimir Putin is in no rush to find a settlement, despite his army's difficulties on the roughly 600-mile front line.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
28 Jan. 2026
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“Hardship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hardship. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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