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But Colley said safety measures that were hard-won over the decades should not fade away.
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Chris Kenning, USA Today, 1 May 2025
Even for adult adventurers, that type of knowledge is often hard-won over the course of many seasons—and sometimes close calls—in the mountains.
—Zoe Gates, Outside Online, 27 Apr. 2025
For Kumar, the jewelry offers a reminder of having been hard-won.
—Sadiya Ansari Spandita Malik, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2025
History shows that progress for HBCUs has often been hard-won.
—Marybeth Gasman, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
After the initial months of Russia's full-scale invasion and Ukraine's fall 2022 counteroffensive, the frontline in the east of Ukraine became relatively static, Russia's gains hard-won with very high casualty counts.
—John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025
That progress has been hard-won and should be celebrated.
—Lisa Jarvis, Mercury News, 29 Mar. 2025
In the series’ ending, Ae-sun and Geum-myeong’s professional successes are positioned as examples of social progress that was hard-won across generations.
—Kayti Burt, Time, 28 Mar. 2025
The friendship is hard-won, over years of Yuval showing up and Basel welcoming him.
—Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 28 Feb. 2025
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Chris Kenning, USA Today, 1 May 2025
Even for adult adventurers, that type of knowledge is often hard-won over the course of many seasons—and sometimes close calls—in the mountains.
—Zoe Gates, Outside Online, 27 Apr. 2025
For Kumar, the jewelry offers a reminder of having been hard-won.
—Sadiya Ansari Spandita Malik, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2025
History shows that progress for HBCUs has often been hard-won.
—Marybeth Gasman, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
After the initial months of Russia's full-scale invasion and Ukraine's fall 2022 counteroffensive, the frontline in the east of Ukraine became relatively static, Russia's gains hard-won with very high casualty counts.
—John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025
That progress has been hard-won and should be celebrated.
—Lisa Jarvis, Mercury News, 29 Mar. 2025
In the series’ ending, Ae-sun and Geum-myeong’s professional successes are positioned as examples of social progress that was hard-won across generations.
—Kayti Burt, Time, 28 Mar. 2025
The friendship is hard-won, over years of Yuval showing up and Basel welcoming him.
—Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 28 Feb. 2025
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“Hard-won.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hard-won. Accessed 9 May. 2025.
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