challenging
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SpaceX’s IPO filing and the reports that OpenAI’s filing is imminent came just two days after SpaceX’s founder and chief executive officer, Elon Musk lost a jury trial over a lawsuit challenging OpenAI’s corporate structure.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026
For Thater, creating after the Eaton fire has been both challenging and freeing.
From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026
Getting cameras in was challenging just on a logistical level; every single piece of equipment had to be recorded on an inventory list and checked both going in and going out.
From Slate • May 27, 2026
Discussions with Canada have been more challenging, he added, noting that the country was the only one other than China that retaliated against the U.S. for its tariffs.
From Barron's • May 26, 2026
He’d been a young man in the 1940s when he first joined the African National Congress and began boldly challenging the all-white South African government and its entrenched racist policies.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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