challenged

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Moments later she was inside the car and the young woman challenged her for not wearing a headscarf.

From BBC • May 10, 2026

The organizations are being represented by former federal prosecutor Brendan Ballou, who established the Public Integrity Project this year to challenged alleged government corruption, as well as Delaware attorney Ronald Poliquin.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026

That staggering growth has challenged Rao and Anthropic co-founder and chief compute officer Tom Brown.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

Skelton said: "It's clear that he does make statements and then when he's challenged or we have evidence, that sort of melts away."

From BBC • May 7, 2026

If Farmer ever said anything cryptic and Ophelia challenged him, she noticed that he stopped being so forthcoming.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French