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Hardships are not to be avoided or fled from at all costs.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 16, 2024

Hardships make us stronger,” said Sanders, now 86, of Bartlett, Tennessee.

From Washington Times • Aug. 20, 2021

But the war’s aftermath produced the grim reality of “The Empty Sleeve or the Life and Hardships of Henry H. Meacham in the Union Army by Himself.”

From Washington Post • Oct. 2, 2020

“Myka Stauffer Gets Real Sharing the Hardships of Adoption,” a headline on Moms.com put it last summer.

From Slate • Jun. 4, 2020

I divided it under certain heads: Hardships, Dangers, Emergencies, Wonders, &c.

From A Great Emergency and Other Tales by Ewing, Juliana Horatia Gatty