as in hardscrabble
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Adjective
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Chuck Dixon’s books are pretty hardscrabble — Tampa, Florida, really raw.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
3 Apr. 2025 -
One afternoon, Ayyub and I walked through Soura, a hardscrabble neighborhood in Srinagar’s old city which has been the site of several confrontations with security forces.—
Andrew Marantz,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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During the Biden administration, officials tried to steer distressed borrowers toward solutions like affordable repayment plans or loan forgiveness opportunities (for example, Public Service Loan Forgiveness or disability discharges) to prevent default.—
Shahar Ziv,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2025
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This distressed imagery provides an apt aesthetic counterpart to storytelling in which each scene is presented as a subjective memory, with some details blurred and others pin-sharp.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
14 May 2025
Adjective
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Never as rich as its aesthetics intimate, the U.S. met the nineties financially—and, therefore, spiritually—depressed.—
Lauren Michele Jackson,
New Yorker,
10 May 2025
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Though fun is a funny word to use considering Thunderbolts is all about depressed anti-heroes looking for a sense of purpose.—
Savannah Salazar,
Vulture,
3 May 2025
Adjective
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That ecstatic communal experience is a glorious moment of freedom for oppressed people, most of them living hand-to-mouth in an environment of hatred and exploitation.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Apr. 2025
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Both dropped out of college and essentially lived hand-to-mouth in order to pursue their musical dreams.—
Scott Feinberg,
The Hollywood Reporter,
23 Jan. 2025
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“Poorish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poorish. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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