"recent hardship" is a correct and usable phrase in written English
You could use it to refer to troubles or difficulties that have occurred recently. For example: "Many families have faced recent hardship due to job losses and financial instability caused by the pandemic."
Since his release the previously outspoken Ai has concentrated on his art rather than his activism, but he said his focus was unchanged despite his recent hardship.
But she referred to recent hardship: she has spent the last year taking care of her mother in Jackson, Miss., she said, and "bearing witness" to the area's gradual recovery since Hurricane Katrina.
The recent hardship is believed to be the country's worst financial crisis since the Iran-Iraq war as the Iranian currency, the rial, was sent into a tailspin last year and prices of staple goods soared rapidly.
I admit it really hasn't been until my most recent hardship, a devastating heartbreak, that pushed me to get serious about getting healthier -- both physically and spiritually.
The setup seems to be that Noel surprises some deserving person shortly before Christmas by knocking on their door and revealing that he knows everything about their personal life, including a recent hardship they have undergone, before giving them a gift they'll never forget.
Despite his recent hardships, Mr. Elveson is eager to start recruiting again.
Throughout their recent hardships, Mr. and Ms. Cartagena have remained inseparable.
The same parent spoke to the owner about Ms. Martinez's work in the school and about her recent hardships, and the owner agreed to reduce the rent for a two-bedroom apartment with a small office to $1,250 from $1,500 a month.
He says the injustices he experienced as a child, particularly the lack of education, as well as recent hardships, have motivated him to pursue this field.
Funds go towards the company's "Cinderella Fund" before being distributed as grants to local children whose families have encountered recent hardships.
However, Sawatzky argues that to describe the killings as a phenomenon propelled by recent economic hardship would be "to accept the easy answer".
