challenged

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While the FCC has approved the deal, the transaction is on hold, as it has been challenged in court by a bipartisan group of state attorneys general as well as by rival DirecTV.

From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026

Restructuring at some of the biggest pharmaceutical companies following the pandemic has challenged the industry for life-science tools and diagnostics products.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

In 2022, the group Carbon Market Watch and five other nonprofits challenged claims that the World Cup in Qatar would be “carbon neutral.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

Designer Gianni Versace challenged this tacit rule in his Fall/Winter 1991 collection.

From Salon • May 17, 2026

In 1943—the same year that saw North Carolina’s chief executive assuring citizens that both races found segregation “sound and sensible”—a sixteen-year-old black Durham high school student challenged the ordinance.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson