daunting

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While picking through the Google Flights options, several of them reached the daunting realization that their basic economy tickets would cost them somewhere between $600 and $700.

From Slate • May 12, 2026

Reaching balance over the next decade would require a combination of increased revenue and decreased spending of a daunting $18.5 trillion.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

And when you’re in that place, a full reset can feel not just daunting, but impossible.

From Salon • May 5, 2026

Thankfully, for both actors, those scenes proved more daunting on the page than they were on set.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026

The New York Times said: G. M. Pennington faced a daunting task in tying together the dozens of disparate threads in the Bloodfall series to bring things to a satisfying conclusion.

From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner