daunting
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The buzz around rugby league in Papua New Guinea can sometimes be daunting for visiting teams.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
It gathers against a daunting backdrop of external risks, continuing to monitor oil market developments, bond yield volatility and the risk of an AI investment pullback.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
Haugen and Horwitz battled similarly daunting foes, and the rot they uncovered was just as systemic and frightening as the reporting.
From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026
“Having a kid is daunting in about a hundred different ways, period — but it’s just getting more and more challenging financially,” Matt Schultz, chief consumer-finance analyst at LendingTree, told MarketWatch.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
“It’s an airplane. We might be able to take you up in one sometime, if it doesn’t seem too daunting for you.”
From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth
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