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trial(hardship, misfortune, calvary)
2
adversity(noun, situation, hardship, misfortune)
1
ill fortune(expression, hardship, misfortune, adversity)
1
affliction(hardship, misfortune)
1
bad break(expression, hardship, misfortune, adversity)
1
bad luck(expression, hardship, misfortune)
1
bummer(hardship, misfortune)
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calamity(hardship, misfortune)
1
can of worms(expression, idiom, hardship, misfortune)
1
catastrophe(hardship, misfortune)
1
clutch(hardship, misfortune)
1
contretemps(hardship, misfortune)
1
crunch(hardship, misfortune)
1
disaster(hardship, misfortune)
1
distress(hardship, misfortune, plight, impoverishment)
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downer(decline, low, collapse, failure)
1
drag(hardship, misfortune)
1
evil eye(expression, hardship, misfortune)
1
hard knocks(expression, hardship, misfortune)
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hardship
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