challenging
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Detecting light and radiation is essential across the electromagnetic spectrum, but some regions remain especially challenging.
From Science Daily • May 31, 2026
“There is a deep reservoir of frustration among ‘formers’ who believe she enables the culture around her and the President rather than challenging it,” LaRosa wrote.
From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026
Still, “gold remains caught in a challenging technical environment.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
Nikolaides says that the robots have the potential to help with work that is repetitive or physically challenging for people to carry out and can also address a labour shortage.
From BBC • May 28, 2026
Whenever she cracked one system, more challenging ones rose to take its place—and day after day, she was forced to grapple with them alone.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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