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Taking to the ice last to a deafening roar from the crowd in a shimmering all-black costume featuring gold details the skater known as the 'Quad God' was in difficultly early in his programme.

From Barron's Feb. 13, 2026

The mother was described as "skeletal" and had difficultly moving.

From BBC Dec. 5, 2024

In 2022, Air France became the last major airline to refuse to transport monkeys for research, increasing the difficultly of getting these animals to labs.

From Science Magazine May 4, 2023

The result is muscle weakness that may include marked difficultly with fine and/or gross motor functions.

From Textbooks Jun. 9, 2022

Imperfect Expansion of the Lungs.—Children not premature and perfectly well nourished are yet sometimes feeble, breathe imperfectly, cry weakly, suck difficultly or not at all, and die at the end of a few days.

From The Mother's Manual of Children's Diseases by West, Charles