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'hard pressed to' is correct and usable in written English.
It is used to emphasize how difficult something is to do or achieve. Example: "He was hard pressed to find the solution to the problem."
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Anyone outside Washington would be hard pressed to name one.
He'd be hard pressed to climb any higher.
But I'm hard pressed to think of them right now.
"Many are hard pressed to notice it has sliding doors.
They are hard pressed to name unscientific forms of leisure.
Even expert data scientists are hard pressed to understand data.
Similar(26)
But now I am hard-pressed to fault their strategy.
This team will be hard-pressed to match that.
"We would be hard-pressed to pick up the tab.
They also may be hard-pressed to finance rebuilding.
"You would be hard-pressed to replicate that".
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