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throw down the gauntlet



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If anyone thought the Kings were hoping to stare across the ice, look the Oilers in the eyes and throw down the gauntlet, he wasn’t among them.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 28, 2024

Food Lifeline’s CEO, Linda Nageotte, says they didn’t move to a livable wage for the praise or to throw down the gauntlet for other nonprofits working in social and human services.

From Seattle Times Mar. 8, 2022

In a new study, published today in the journal Science Advances, scientists decided to really throw down the gauntlet.

From The Verge Feb. 13, 2019

Its chair Maria Millerpromised she would "throw down the gauntlet to companies such as Google, Facebook, Microsoft and Twitter".

From The Guardian Jun. 19, 2013

Did not the thirteen colonies throw down the gauntlet to England for less cause?

From Court Life in China by Isaac Taylor Headland




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