Thesaurus / challenge
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The federal government reacted by increasing prison sentences, making it harder to challenge wrongful convictions, enabling police searches and seizures, and enacting strict criminal codes.
HOW “ABOLISH ICE” HELPED BRING ABOLITIONIST IDEAS INTO THE MAINSTREAMNICOLE NAREAJULY 9, 2020VOXThat concept—of delineating work and home as the two spaces coalesce—is ultimately the challenge of videoconferencing during a pandemic.
MICROSOFT’S SOLUTION TO ZOOM FATIGUE IS TO TRICK YOUR BRAINTANYA BASUJULY 9, 2020MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEWIt’s unclear if the union will challenge that start date if its criteria aren’t met.
MORNING REPORT: LATINOS UNDERREPRESENTED SO FAR IN REDISTRICTING EFFORTVOICE OF SAN DIEGOJULY 9, 2020VOICE OF SAN DIEGOFor that reason, the researchers still like the idea of an iron patch, and they describe some research identifying the challenges and working toward solutions.
THE ATHLETE'S GUIDE TO BOOSTING IRONALEX HUTCHINSONJULY 8, 2020OUTSIDE ONLINEWhat we have learned is to work collaboratively like never before, to challenge our thinking, and to accelerate the drug development process.
HEALTHCARE IS IN THE MIDST OF A ‘PARADIGM SHIFT’ALAN MURRAYJULY 8, 2020FORTUNEI know that in putting this before you I challenge some of the most popular affectations of cultivated people.
THE SALVAGING OF CIVILISATIONH. G. (HERBERT GEORGE) WELLSHe even fancied that something of challenge flashed from her, though without definite words or gesture.
THE WAVEALGERNON BLACKWOODHilda impetuously turned her head; their glances met for an instant, in suspicion, challenge, animosity.
HILDA LESSWAYSARNOLD BENNETTThe challenge was accepted and the hay-wagon driven round and the trial commenced.
THE BOOK OF ANECDOTES AND BUDGET OF FUN;VARIOUSIn a flash Isabel had responded with a challenge of appeal, which that accomplished dame was quick to understand.
ANCESTORSGERTRUDE ATHERTONWORDS RELATED TO CHALLENGE
- allurement
- appeal
- attraction
- begging
- bid
- bidding
- call
- challenge
- come-hither
- come-on
- compliments
- coquetry
- date
- encouragement
- enticement
- feeler
- ground
- hit
- incitement
- inducement
- invite
- lure
- motive
- offer
- open door
- overture
- paper
- pass
- petition
- pressure
- proffer
- prompting
- proposition
- provocation
- rain check
- reason
- request
- solicitation
- suggestion
- summons
- supplication
- temptation
- urge
- be apprehensive of
- be curious
- be dubious
- be in a quandary
- be puzzled
- be uncertain
- be undetermined
- call in question
- challenge
- demur
- disbelieve
- discredit
- dispute
- distrust
- fear
- fluctuate
- give no credence
- harbor suspicion
- have one's doubts
- have qualms
- hesitate
- imagine
- impugn
- insinuate
- misgive
- mistrust
- not buy
- query
- question
- read differently
- scruple
- shilly-shally
- skepticize
- smell a rat
- surmise
- suspect
- take dim view of
- vacillate
- waver
- wonder
- wonder at
- balk
- be displeased
- challenge
- complain
- crab
- criticize
- cross
- demur
- deprecate
- disapprove
- disavow
- discommend
- discountenance
- disesteem
- dispute
- dissent
- except
- expostulate
- frown
- go one-on-one
- gripe
- grouse
- inveigh
- kick
- make a stink
- mix it up with
- oppose
- protest
- rail
- raise objection
- rant
- rave
- remonstrate
- sound off
- spurn
- squawk
- storm
- take exception
- take on
- tangle
- balked
- challenged
- complained
- crabbed
- criticized
- crossed
- demurred
- deprecated
- disapproved
- disavowed
- discommended
- discountenanced
- disesteemed
- disputed
- dissented
- excepted
- expostulated
- frowned
- go-one-on-oned
- griped
- groused
- inveighed
- kicked
- made a stink
- mixed it up with
- opposed
- protested
- railed
- raised objection
- ranted
- raved
- remonstrated
- sounded off
- spurned
- squawked
- stormed
- tangled
- took exception
- took on
- was displeased
- cavil
- censure
- challenge
- counter-argument
- criticism
- declination
- demur
- demurral
- demurring
- difficulty
- disapprobation
- disapproval
- discontent
- disesteem
- disinclination
- dislike
- displeasure
- dissatisfaction
- doubt
- exception
- grievance
- gripe
- hesitation
- kick
- niggle
- odium
- opposition
- protest
- protestation
- question
- rejection
- reluctance
- remonstrance
- remonstration
- repugnancy
- revilement
- scruple
- shrinking
- squawk
- stink
- unwillingness
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