gauntlet
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New Jersey attorney general Jennifer Davenport called the process a "gauntlet of confusion, fake scarcity and impossibly high prices".
From BBC • May 27, 2026
Even a ship that got through the Navy’s gauntlet in the Gulf would know it isn’t safe.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
Yet even as she threw down the gauntlet, Jackson sounded pessimistic about a course correction.
From Slate • Mar. 17, 2026
In the hoopla of Koy breaking his own audience record at the venue, Iglesias crashed the show, presented his friend with a plaque and laid down the gauntlet in front of 17,500 fans.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026
“I kind of threw down the gauntlet as much as a little kid can, and told them ‘I don’t want to live with either one of you,”’ he recalls.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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