gauntlet

Example Sentences

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Erling Haaland's timely return to form has thrown down the gauntlet to Manchester City's rivals as Pep Guardiola's side chase a domestic treble.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

Between those visions lies a formidable scientific and commercial gauntlet.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

Australia's Samara Weaving reprises her starring role in the sequel, which sees her forced once again to run a gauntlet, this time against multiple families.

From Barron's • Mar. 22, 2026

Yet even as she threw down the gauntlet, Jackson sounded pessimistic about a course correction.

From Slate • Mar. 17, 2026

I might have been eleven years old and a little socially immature, but I recognized a gauntlet being thrown down when I saw it, and I had no choice but to take it up.

From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman