severe test
Example Sentences
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Of course, a more severe test of the global economy’s durability will occur if the conflict persists and the strait stays closed.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026
Murrieta Valley quarterback Bear Bachmeier will present a severe test.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 20, 2023
The Hai river basin, where five rivers converge in northern China, is going through a "flood evolution process" and flood-control engineering systems are experiencing the "most severe test" since inundations in 1996, state media reported.
From Reuters • Aug. 3, 2023
He added: “This will be the most severe test of that system.”
From New York Times • Aug. 29, 2021
At last the gun is completed; and the next thing is to subject it to a severe test by firing from it a charge of powder proportioned to its size.
From The Romance of Industry and Invention by Cochrane, Robert
