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Adjective
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With a hardscrabble happy ending.—
Alex Morris,
Rolling Stone,
19 Mar. 2026 -
Vérité-realistic portrait of hardscrabble immigrant life this film is not.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
19 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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After all, accepting partial repayment across a large percentage of distressed accounts can be more efficient than pursuing full balances that may ultimately go unpaid.—
Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
26 Mar. 2026
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As his condition worsened, Gael grew increasingly distressed and began hitting himself, according to the family’s lawyer, Elora Mukherjee.—
Mike Hixenbaugh,
NBC news,
24 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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First, when shares are at a depressed value, investors can move more of them into the tax-free account.—
Darla Mercado, CFP®,
CNBC,
24 Mar. 2026
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Dee labeled Angie as depressed, bipolar, lacking empathy, narcissistic, et cetera.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Washington Post,
23 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Fuel sales for vehicles are rationed, airlines have suspended flights or reduced frequencies many workplaces have reduced hours.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
22 Mar. 2026
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Drive at a reduced speed during wet weather.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
22 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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At the start of The Big Fake, a Netflix dramatization of one criminal’s involvement in the most tumultuous events in post-war Italy, Toni Chichiarelli (Pietro Castellitto) is a talented painter living hand-to-mouth as a portrait artist on the streets of Rome.—
Rory Doherty,
Time,
26 Jan. 2026
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The occupants of this Neolithic housing development were not hand-to-mouth hunter-gatherers but settled inhabitants of a fertile floodplain.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 Jan. 2026
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His choices allow the viewer to drink in the intimate details of the ruined world.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Nov. 2025
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“Poorish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poorish. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.
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