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challenge

[chal-inj] / ˈtΚƒΓ¦l ΙͺndΚ’ /




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You say you want to stop comparing yourself to your friends, but I challenge you to reframe how you view comparison, itself.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

Over time, it has become harder to locate the mines, compounding the challenge of patrolling the strip.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Moura says the findings challenge the common idea that aerobic exercise is mainly responsible for weight loss while strength training is useful primarily for building muscle.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

Andrew's lawyers have used a judicial review to challenge the actions of the force's chief constable and the Central Criminal Court.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

Everything you do in life is preparing you for the next challenge.

From "Facing the Lion" by Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton and Herman Viola

The larger permitting challenges frequently arise when federal approvals are required, particularly when projects cross federal lands or otherwise trigger federal regulatory or legal review.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Together, the three investigations will address some of the most important challenges of establishing a sustained human presence beyond Earth.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

Horvath cited recent Los Angeles Times reporting on the challenges victims face when obtaining and enforcing restraining orders as an inspiration for the Board of Supervisors motion, which was co-authored by board chair Hilda Solis.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

When things go wrong they are relied upon for investigations and legal challenges.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

“You were so sick. We knew you would have enough challenges as it was, and we honestly didn’t think you’d ever be able to go to school again.”

From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson

Winning teams can be poor at challenges: The three teams with the best records in baseball were challenge challenged.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

It’s a story I’ve repeatedly told over my decades-long journalism career, and no one has yet challenged my description of my grandmother as an immigrant.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

The book challenged strict parenting norms of the time and in the following decades parents were offered more advice from an increasing range of voices.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

However, that decision was challenged in several Belfast courts on Saturday, before finally being given the go-ahead just hours before it was due to take place.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

One day he challenged me to a game of chess.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

The hiker was found below the notorious “final 400” stretch, a dangerously steep chute along the route that is particularly challenging to navigate in the winter months.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

The tiny creature was found to interpret DNA instructions in a way researchers had never documented before, challenging a long held assumption about how the genetic code works.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 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

Today’s sensing technology struggles with smell partly because it tries to identify and measure individual chemicals, a challenging task, said Max Shulaker, chief of Health Solutions at Analog Devices.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

He’d been a young man in the 1940s when he first joined the African National Congress and began boldly challenging the all-white South African government and its entrenched racist policies.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama




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