challenged

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While the FCC has approved the deal, the transaction is on hold, as it has been challenged in court by a bipartisan group of state attorneys general as well as by rival DirecTV.

From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026

In 2022, the group Carbon Market Watch and five other nonprofits challenged claims that the World Cup in Qatar would be “carbon neutral.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

Designer Gianni Versace challenged this tacit rule in his Fall/Winter 1991 collection.

From Salon • May 17, 2026

It would mark the first time a sitting Labour prime minister has been challenged while in office.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

Yet, once those ideas were challenged, progress was breathtakingly rapid—after fifteen centuries of stagnation, there have been fewer than another five centuries from the time of Copernicus to the present day.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin