Sentences with phrase «rough go of it»

William Ackman has had a rough go of it with some of his investments — particularly a $ 2 billion bet on Target Corp. that's lost 90 percent of its value.

Essential, Android co-founder Andy Rubin's new smartphone venture, had a rough go of it last year trying to get off the ground with a brand - new flagship handset.

Yes, the AGW propopents have had such a rough go of getting their message heard in the mainstream media.

Sonic the Hedgehog has had a rough go of it in recent years.

That particular poor young yakuza - in - training might've had a rough go of it, it seems.

Microsoft had a rough go of explaining why gamers need the cloud.

Mae's had a rough go of things, having recently dropped out of college, and on...

Izzy had a pretty rough go of it at first.

Arnott continues with his statement, On the face of it, hedge funds have had a rough go of it recently.

Android tablets have had a rough go of things since the very beginning.

Over the years, the 911 had a rough go of things, with an unprofessional repair job made to remedy collision damage, unoriginal paint, and extensive rust.

The pieces are all here — Cruise, Nicole Kidman, director Ron Howard, composer John Williams — but Cruise struggles as a late - 19th - century Irish immigrant: He has a rough go of it with the accent, and looks frankly bizarre in period costume.

Folk singer Llewyn (Oscar Isaac, «Drive») is having a rough go of it on the hootenanny circuit: he's trying to break out as a solo act after minor success as half of a duo, and he favors dark material that doesn't make the espresso - swilling hipsters in his basement audiences sing along.

Judd has a rough go of it, because military justice is much different than civilian, and enlists the services of ex-lush lawyer Freeman, a civilian that took on the military before and won.

Regardless of opinions on the films themselves, I think it would be fair to say the recent DC superhero movies have had a rough go of it.

M. Night Shyamalan has had a rough go of it over the past few years.

Once one of the biggest stars of the genre, Willis has had a rough go of it lately with a string of underwhelming vehicles the last handful of years.

I am sorry that you have had such a rough go of it lately.

Don't starve yourself after a rough go of a weekend.

Republicans have had a rough go of it in recent special elections, even losing a few competitive races in the run - up to their big gains in 2010.

Arizona (R): Gov. Jan Brewer (R) has had a rough go of it since taking over for Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano earlier this year.

Kirsten Gillibrand in 2006, has had a rough go of it since he left office.

[My daughter] and I had a really rough go of it at the beginning, but I so look forward to nursing her to sleep every evening.

Since I gave birth to my third child nearly 9 months ago, I've had kind of a rough go of it.

Following Saturday's rough go of things, it would be nice for Tiger to bounce back with a similar round keeping up with Thomas.

The Defending Champs have had a rough go of it as of late.

Shapiro had a rough go of things early in their Rookie Season but has come out swinging in the last two weeks, and just in time.

Always a tough game away but Stoke had a rough go of it last season and finished 13th with only 44 points, their lowest total since 2013.

Here's Cody Bellinger, who is having a rough go of things in the World Series, including four punch outs in Game 3.

Kramer Robertson has had a rough go of it in Omaha, with errors compounded on errors and a drowsiness at the plate unbefitting his.413 season batting average.

Prior to leaving with the injury, Dennard had had a rough go of it Sunday night.

Newcastle midfielder, Joey Barton, has had a rough go of it lately.

Team James has had a rough go of it to start but they don't lack talent and surely pushed Team Sternberg on Sunday.

They ran into the Defending Champs this past Tuesday Night and had a rough go of it..

Captain Judson's clan had a rough go of it in terms of win / loss record this Summer but I can honestly tell you, you'd never know that by their demeanor.

I've had a rough go of it during my first trimester, both physically and emotionally.

After a rough go of it during, and after, the financial collapse, Tronox reinstated its dividend in 2012 to the tune of a 4.8 % yield.

EPR Properties (NYSE: EPR) has had a rough go of it of late.

The firm has had a rough go of it since the recession, with prices for all its products declining.

Once the subject of the largest leveraged buyout in history, Texas - based Energy Future Holdings has had a rough go of it in the wake of the financial crisis and a revolution in U.S. energy production that sent prices tumbling.

Not exact matches

So going to rocket capability, This gives you sort of a rough sense of rocket capability, starting off at the low end with a half ton, going up to BFR, with 150.

The transition from traditional USB - A to USB - C is going to be rough if you have a lot of tech accessories.

Going in with a rough plan instead of a detailed script may sound risky, but that approach is much more authentic — and resonates much better with viewers.

The result was DHX — a rough amalgam of Decode (D) and Halifax Film (HX)-- which went public in May 2006.

That's the day when Lucara's monster rough diamond — 1,109 carats and «roughly the size of an avocado» — is going up for auction by Sotheby's International Jewellery Division in London, England.

The browser has been losing its base to Chrome and has had a rough couple of years, but up until now the decline had been slow - going.

The last couple of weeks have been rough going for Uber, as the ridesharing service continues to be hit by regulatory roadblocks from cities around the globe.

This includes being treated with respect and dignity, reducing conflict, improving cooperation and collaboration, and even going as far as enforcing civility (at Micrel I banned swearing, much to the consternation of the rough and rowdy semiconductor sales teams of the late twentieth century).

Prepared to prove they knew where the series would be going, the duo had rough cuts of the first three episodes, sketches of episode four and five, and they had a 20 - page outline of the series when they met with Netflix in 2013.

We already had some signs in the middle of 2016 that it was going to be a rough year for Apple: In the second and third quarters of the year, shipments of Apple's Macs were declining way faster than industry average, as people waited impatiently for the company to release a new MacBook Pro.