uphill

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On New Year’s Eve in 2024, supervisors who had allegedly been hostile with the former chef directed her to “lift and transport heavy food items across the street and uphill without assistance,” the documents say.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 25, 2026

Such claims also require medical reports and paper trails and may entail an uphill struggle to prove malicious intent.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 17, 2026

India follow Australia, who also won their opening game, in setting a marker in Group One, while Pakistan already face an uphill battle to qualify from a pool that also features South Africa.

From BBC • Jun. 14, 2026

Cepeda faces an uphill battle to overturn his first-round defeat.

From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026

Quickly Kate worked to untie the ladder from her belt—but after the long drag uphill, the knot had grown too tight.

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart