gauntlet

Manchester City and Liverpool have also been given a fairly tough gauntlet of games, with both sides drawn against 15-time winners Real Madrid.

This season, they’re slated to play on the road four times in a six-week stretch, with a trip to South Bend right in the middle of that gauntlet.

Shortly after taking over Paramount, new Chief Executive David Ellison threw down the gauntlet — he wanted his studio to be the top destination for the most talented filmmakers and artists in the business.

It was a striking cameo which lays down the gauntlet to Thelin to pick him from the start in Bucharest next week.

Confronting an authoritarian strongman about his war crimes, Mon Mothma’s address to the Galactic Senate sees the future leader of the Rebel Alliance throw down the gauntlet against Emperor Palpatine.