challenging
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Now, coming off a breakup and re-entering the dating world, I’ve noticed younger people online challenging the courtship norms that many millennials like me had come to accept, expecting more from their romantic prospects.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
The protest's diversity and lack of clear-cut leaders make dialogue more challenging for the government, Osorio-Michel said.
From Barron's • May 21, 2026
But he acknowledged the risks of challenging noisy individuals directly because "you don't know who you are confronting".
From BBC • May 21, 2026
A research team led by Prof. Frank Glorius at the University of Münster's Institute of Organic Chemistry in Germany has now introduced a new way to make one of these challenging molecular structures.
From Science Daily • May 20, 2026
Pass the pattern: A more challenging version of this is to have students form two straight lines.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
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