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
Although the practicalities and cost of sending a team to South America in 1950 was daunting.
From BBC • May 7, 2026
And when you’re in that place, a full reset can feel not just daunting, but impossible.
From Salon • May 5, 2026
The Lakers understand the daunting challenge they’re about to face against the defending NBA champion Oklahoma City Thunder in the Western Conference semifinals.
From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2026
But before the Olympic trials at Princeton, Al Ulbrickson faced another daunting series of challenges: First the Pacific Coast Regatta with California on Lake Washington.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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