trial by fire
Example Sentences
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The first week with the teams—which Palantir intentionally set up as a trial by fire—proved difficult for all the fellows.
On this week’s Slate Plus bonus episode of Amicus, co-hosts Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern discussed this increasingly heated dispute, and why some members of the court have warned that it amounts to a trial by fire for American self-governance.
From Slate
Not unlike her first day on the job as director-to-be of AIIMS, which was nothing short of a trial by fire.
From BBC
“Thousands of people like me have had their trial by fire, only to be released and been told that it’s worth nothing,” said Corleto, who now works with Vera Institute of Justice, a national organization focused on criminal justice reform.
From Los Angeles Times
“Our wedding was trial by fire and we survived,” she added.
From Los Angeles Times
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