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The phrase "a difficult departure" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation where leaving or parting from someone or something is challenging or emotionally taxing.
Example: "The farewell party was bittersweet, marking a difficult departure for all of us who had grown close over the years."
Alternatives: "a challenging exit" or "a tough goodbye".
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Mr. White, who guided the aircraft carrier Intrepid through financial troubles and a difficult departure from its berth on the West Side of Manhattan, resigned from the foundation that operates the museum and also left the two charities — the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund and the Intrepid Relief Fund — that raise money to help wounded veterans and their families.
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An Phoblacht Editorial, Dublin/Belfast, July 28 "For many republicans this will be an extremely difficult departure to come to terms with.
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The Conservative government is eleven seats short of a parliamentary majority, and divided, as it attempts to enact the country's monumentally difficult departure from the European Union.
TBWA\London has had a difficult time after the departure of the BMB founders.
American Apparel, which makes all its clothes in the US, has endured a difficult period since the departure of its controversial founder, Dov Charney, in 2014.
While her husband's departure was a difficult event in her life, she said, it did not cause any financial hardship for her until he stopped paying the $130 weekly child support payments in March 2000.
Her departure comes at a difficult time for the agency.
Manson's departure comes at a difficult time for Loaded.
His departure comes at a difficult time for research executives at the major Wall Street firms.
But her departure comes at a difficult period for the bank which is due to publish first-half profits of around £3.7bn on Friday.
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