hard standing
Britishnoun
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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
"The work is hard standing in the water, lifting the bricks," says Gurdha Maji, 35, as he packs mud into a brick mould and levels it off.
From BBC ● Jan. 2, 2014
We didn’t much mind getting wet and cold; working hard, standing guard at night; and fighting when required—we were seasoned to all that—but you don’t season to hunger.
From From the Rapidan to Richmond and the Spottsylvania Campaign A Sketch in Personal Narration of the Scenes a Soldier Saw by William Meade Dame
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