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challenge

[chal-inj] / ˈtʃæl ɪndʒ /




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"The challenge he faces is that the public judges quickly," political scientist Tony Travers told AFP.

From Barron's Jul. 26, 2026

The firm had been aiming to close the deal by September but agreed to table its takeover — perhaps until next spring — to allow a fiercer than expected challenge from California Atty.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 25, 2026

The findings challenge a common argument that governments and businesses promote small lifestyle changes to shift attention away from more difficult reforms, such as transforming energy systems and regulating industry.

From Science Daily Jul. 25, 2026

Another challenge can be determining what constitutes a "reasonable adjustment," a sticking point which can be what ends up being decided in a tribunal.

From BBC Jul. 24, 2026

Turing has taken the lead on that challenge.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

Anthropic’s effective ban on Claude answering prompts that include the word “pathogen” has created challenges for employees at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to people familiar with the matter.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 26, 2026

These challenges were exacerbated when Covid devastated the live music industry in 2020.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 25, 2026

A new study from ETH challenges that view.

From Science Daily Jul. 25, 2026

Shifting all of them to electric power would be the same as taking around 30,000 cars off the road annually, according to the city council, but costs and infrastructure challenges lie ahead.

From Barron's Jul. 25, 2026

All the domestic and international challenges facing the Adams presidency looked entirely different to Jefferson and Madison.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

The results directly challenged the idea that SuperAgers are protected simply because they carry fewer Alzheimer's related risk variants.

From Science Daily Jul. 25, 2026

"Our relationship has been challenged over the last few years," Ontario Premier Doug Ford said of US-Canada ties, but added: "Let's keep working together."

From Barron's Jul. 24, 2026

The dominant biases of scholarship—Western, Christian, English—could be challenged from every corner of the globe.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

The defence has since consistently challenged its contents, arguing it often relied on assumptions rather than concrete evidence.

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

One day he challenged me to a game of chess.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

Supt Judy Hill added that the "ongoing multi agency response remains a high priority, with significant partnership resources and volunteers working tirelessly and in challenging circumstances, to support our efforts to extinguish the fires".

From BBC Jul. 25, 2026

Charter Communications’ latest earnings results highlight the increasingly competitive broadband market, which has proved challenging for established cable providers.

From MarketWatch Jul. 24, 2026

“In businesses closer to the consumer, the pricing environment was more challenging, and there had been little adjustment of prices so far,” it said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

Flores, a lawyer challenging Gonzalez, is worth between $2.6 million and $11.4 million, owing to his ownership of a healthcare company and his wife’s trust.

From Salon Jul. 24, 2026

The men of the 10th Leningrad turned out to be friendly and sympathetic, and were assigned to help train the 587th in battle techniques in their challenging, powerful Pe-2 dive-bombers.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein




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