as in hardscrabble
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Adjective
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Most bulldog gravy makers use milk, but there are hardscrabble versions made with water.—
Sheri Castle,
Southern Living,
6 Aug. 2025 -
The frontline feels like a giant game of Pac-Man as Russians try to gobble up remote agrarian villages where hardscrabble families eke out a desperate living.—
Susan Mathison,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 July 2025
Adjective
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Walz remembered when one of her patients came in distressed after a fierce argument with her boyfriend.—
Natalie Eilbert,
jsonline.com,
2 Aug. 2025
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These high-rise shorts feature a distressed hem, a double-button fly, and, not to mention, several roomy pockets.—
Jacquelyn Smith,
Parents,
31 July 2025
Adjective
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That view shifted Wednesday, with our double upgrade back to our buy-equivalent 1 rating after CEO David Ricks and several other company insiders bought lots of shares of the depressed stock.—
Morgan Chittum,
CNBC,
14 Aug. 2025
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Once rich and chubby and depressed, Johnson is now, at forty-seven, rich and ripped and determined to live forever.—
Tad Friend,
New Yorker,
4 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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At the center of the story is a jazz musician called Y, a bohemian, artsy type who is fed up with his hand-to-mouth existence and so agrees to a lucrative commission, writing an upbeat song to inspire national pride in the wake of the Hamas terror attacks that took place on October 7, 2023.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
8 July 2025
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Compounded by the launch of the first Movistar Plus+ series in 2017, and the later arrival of other global streamers, Spain has finally emerged from its hand-to-mouth past.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
16 June 2025
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“Poorish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poorish. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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