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Adjective
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Hoyos has come a long way from a hardscrabble childhood.—
Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 16 Apr. 2026
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Through it all, however, West struggled with depression and a sense of self-loathing, and had trouble with intimacy, much of it a by-product of a hardscrabble childhood in West Virginia with a domineering father.— Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2026
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Details remain scarce, but Crown Center could see redevelopment if plans move forward to bring a new Royals stadium into an area that was itself built to renew a distressed neighborhood.— Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 22 Apr. 2026
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Acquiring distressed assets and overrelying on older players for the sake of schematic and cultural fit (Chris Paul, Jimmy Butler, Buddy Hield, Kristaps Porzingis).— Jannelle Moore, Mercury News, 22 Apr. 2026
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The father, Jagdish, told me that one of his children was vomiting and the other had bloody stools; both were depressed.— Sarah Stillman, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
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So why are young Americans so depressed about their economic future?— Idrees Kahloon, The Atlantic, 13 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The plant, which was the state’s largest maker of panelized components, struggled under the weight of reduced demand because of higher interest rates and fluctuating lumber costs.— Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 21 Apr. 2026
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Property owners can pay a reduced fee of $50 to offer short-term rentals for the three-month period from May 1 to July 31, 2026.— Taylor Haught, Kansas City Star, 21 Apr. 2026
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In leading the study, Rogers tested 30 braiding hair products across human, plant-based, and synthetic categories, including brands people specifically asked him to evaluate, like Gyal and Rebundle, using a hand-to-mouth risk assessment.— Essence, Essence, 1 Apr. 2026
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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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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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