adversity

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Marquez did what most great fighters do when facing adversity, that is making adjustments during the fight.

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  1. noun A state of hardship or affliction; misfortune.
  2. noun A calamitous event.

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adversity:   adversities
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  1. from Middle English adversite, from Old French adversiteit, adversitet, aversitet, from Latin adversita(t-)s, from adversus, adverse: see adverse, adjective
 

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