challenge
Example Sentences
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MacAlister recognised that it is "challenging to get money" from the fund and it's only a short-term support system.
From BBC
Huang said a goal of the US commerce secretary to have 40 percent of US chips made domestically will be "very challenging" to achieve given how fast demand is growing.
From Barron's
New research reveals that bull sharks form social relationships with specific "friends," challenging the long-standing belief that these predators live mostly solitary lives.
From Science Daily
Morocco’s federation, which had formally protested the result, said that it “never intended to challenge the sporting performance of the teams,” but didn’t deny that it was hoping for this very outcome.
Dissents sometimes amount to a challenge to the chair’s leadership.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.