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be hard pressed

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of be hard pressed in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of be hard pressed in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of be hard pressed in a Sentence

  1. Paul Scofield:

    These birds evolved in different hemispheres, millions of years apart, but from a distance you would be hard-pressed The giant penguins, like these Kumimanu, that lived in Aotearoa New Zealand around 60 million years ago bore a striking resemblance to some plotopterids. (Mark Witton) to tell them apart, plotopterids looked like penguins, they swam like penguins, they probably ate like penguins -- but they werent penguins.

  2. Sam Bullard:

    One is hard-pressed as to not concur that the U.S. economy not only remains on solid footing, but is likely to show an accelerated pace of growth in the second quarter.

  3. Buster Posey:

    You’re going to be hard-pressed to see another race like this for quite a while.

  4. Former Seattle fireman Andy Pittman:

    I would be hard pressed to stay there. I feel like I’m being bullied based on my religion, our administration has made it very unhospitable.

  5. Amelia Irvine:

    Professor Christine Fair should remember that she has Republican students in her classes, is she accusing them of hating women as well? I think Fair would be hard pressed to call herself unbiased in the classroom when she’s spewing hate like an immature teenager online.

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