challenge
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It’s imperative that films challenge us and encourage discussion, even the bad ones.
From Salon β Sep. 11, 2026
The 33-year-old said it took four or five days into the challenge to discover the other group.
From BBC β Sep. 11, 2026
Otherwise, to challenge it, you’d literally need to bring lawsuits in all 96 federal district courts.
From Slate β Sep. 11, 2026
It was an unlikely project for a busy news executive, wife and mother who knew little about butterflies, and Ms. Korsgaard wasn’t initially sure why she’d assigned herself the challenge.
From The Wall Street Journal β Sep. 11, 2026
Roger Cohen: If you beat Spassky, will you go on to challenge Kasparov for the World Championship?
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
For a change from that bit of torture, Smith challenges teammates to modified games of tug-of-war, where each player grips one side of a massive tire and tries to drag the other to the turf.
From The Wall Street Journal β Sep. 11, 2026
We anticipated logistical challenges and ethical complexities, including potential trauma reactivation and our inability to provide clinical care.
From Slate β Sep. 11, 2026
In the final months of Harald's life, Norway's royal family faced personal challenges and scandal.
From BBC β Sep. 11, 2026
What makes Kinsella's return so unique are the obvious challenges - and changes to the body - pregnancy and childbirth brings.
From BBC β Sep. 10, 2026
Having a bigger staff with very talented people made meeting the new challenges created by our much broader docket seem possible.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
There is one exception: Pennsylvania’s Sen. John Fetterman has unapologetically challenged party orthodoxy, seemingly following the book’s formula.
From The Wall Street Journal β Sep. 11, 2026
Quantum mechanics has always challenged our everyday understanding of reality.
From Science Daily β Sep. 11, 2026
It was thrilling to be drop-kicked into a new activity that challenged me physically, mentally and socially.
From Los Angeles Times β Sep. 11, 2026
At the Nottingham Inquiry, external - which has been examining the attacks - Beggs challenged the idea that any police mistakes before the killings were missed opportunities.
From BBC β Sep. 9, 2026
Are constantly challenged to do what is right and not convenient and come across as questionable in behaviors and dress.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
Technical indicators speak to PayPal challenging Visa, Mastercard, and Block in coming months.
From Barron's β Sep. 11, 2026
With women's rights under pressure in some countries, Williams says it is a "challenging time" and she feels it's "so important in a time like this for women to be supporting one another".
From BBC β Sep. 11, 2026
Despite robust sales for breakout titles, publishing remains a challenging business.
From The Wall Street Journal β Sep. 10, 2026
Until now, these changes have been difficult to track in detail, making it challenging to determine the true structure responsible for the reaction.
From Science Daily β Sep. 9, 2026
The knight planted himself in the middle of the road, challenging every one of those "knights" to fight, one by one or in a group.
From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios
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