We faced a difficulty in trying to book a flight so late.

The two-hour debate was briefly stalled by a technical difficulty with the moderators’ microphones.

2012 August 2, "Children rescued after getting into difficulties in Donegal" BBC Online

March 30 2016, Alan Thompson, “Diver taken to hospital after getting into difficulties at Stoney Cove diving centre”, in Leicester Mercury:

The three teenagers, a girl and two boys, were playing by the river when it is believed they got into difficulty.

Members of the public had called 999 as they were concerned the kayaker was in difficulty around the headland race due to very strong spring tides and choppy seas with the kayaker making no headway.

A group of young people had to be rescued from Dartmoor on Friday night after getting into difficulty during a Duke of Edinburgh exercise. […] A 16-year-old girl required medical attention and a medic was winched down to the site by helicopter.

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