hard standing

British

noun

a hard surface on which vehicles, such as cars or aircraft, may be parked

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"The cramps around my womb and my belly were just horrible. Even the back pain, it's just hard standing up straight, let alone sprinting or running," she said.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

It can be hard, standing on this business end of this firehose, to notice shades of difference in the stream.

From Slate • Dec. 11, 2024

It was hard standing where, only a few months earlier, we had stood with Ruby and Hart, full of so much hope for the future.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 10, 2023

“It’s hard standing in the shadows of a very famous man.”

From The New Yorker • Mar. 24, 2016

He looked hard, standing up in his boat, and of a sudden all the dreamy mystery of enchantment vanished.

From Vestigia Vol. II. by Fleming, George

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