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for all (one's) (something)

In spite of the negative trait or issue the speaker is discussing. In this construction, the speaker indicates a specific person, followed by a problem or shortcoming they have experienced or exhibit. Yeah, she's not remotely punctual, and she gripes a lot, but for all her shortcomings, Elisa is a really great manager—her employees just love her. For all our difficulties buying a house, we still managed to get one that we absolutely love. A: "For all your complaining, I thought you guys had a terrible vacation." B: "Eh, it was fine in the end."
See also: all, for

iron out the difficulties

To ease, solve, or remove difficulties, troubles, or problematic details (of or in something). There's been so much miscommunication that I think I need to sit down with our head developers to iron out the difficulties. Otherwise, the launch of our app could be delayed even further. We've drawn up a preliminary contract—we just need to iron out the difficulties before presenting it to the client. Our latest software update is nearly finished—we just need to iron out the difficulties before it's ready for release.
See also: difficulty, iron, out
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Controlling for known biases, we test for a new type of bias we refer to as "difficulty bias, " which reveals that athletes attempting more difficult routines receive higher execution scores, even when difficulty and execution are judged separately.
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