challenging
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Suzuka, which hosted the Japanese Grand Prix last weekend and is regarded as possibly the most challenging circuit on the calendar, was a test case for the new rules.
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026
That’s against a very challenging backdrop, most notably the Iran war, rising oil prices, and worries about an economic slowdown.
From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026
“We have long argued that it has been challenging to see much earnings power here in large part due to these SCIPs,” Arcuri said in a Wednesday note.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 2, 2026
Meta and Google will appeal aggressively, likely challenging whether product-liability law should apply to software at all.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
Then he’d enrolled me in two more challenging courses—college algebra, which terrified me, and biology, which didn’t but only because I didn’t know what it was.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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