pulling teeth
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"I've learned that love doesn't have to be this thing of high highs and low lows – fighting and pulling teeth just to stay together," he says.
From BBC • Jan. 21, 2025
“Getting voice therapy covered by the insurance companies for transgender individuals is like pulling teeth sometimes,” Dion says.
From Science Magazine • Dec. 17, 2023
I said, ‘We have to, man. We’ve been trying to hold it up, and we reach out and we ask you guys to come and buy a $5 ticket and it’s always like pulling teeth.’
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 6, 2023
When you act like it's pulling teeth to disparage actual Nazis, those Nazis feel affirmed in their belief you quietly support them.
From Salon • Sep. 1, 2023
It was like pulling teeth to get me and Bobby Gene to play ball.
From "The Season of Styx Malone" by Kekla Magoon
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