challenge
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The state’s suit represents a new challenge for the Blue Cross Blue Shield system, and could become a significant headache if other states follow Michigan.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 8, 2026
Moura says the findings challenge the common idea that aerobic exercise is mainly responsible for weight loss while strength training is useful primarily for building muscle.
From Science Daily β Oct. 8, 2026
Andrew's lawyers have used a judicial review to challenge the actions of the force's chief constable and the Central Criminal Court.
From BBC β Oct. 8, 2026
He punctuated his performance with a fastball on the corner that ended the inning and wound up costing Atlanta its final ABS challenge.
From Los Angeles Times β Oct. 8, 2026
All he would do was challenge her on it, and Akira didn’t have the energy for that.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
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Together, the three investigations will address some of the most important challenges of establishing a sustained human presence beyond Earth.
From Science Daily β Oct. 8, 2026
The office said the delay was the result of insufficient funding and challenges with coordinating between the many agencies responsible for the county’s restraining order system.
From Los Angeles Times β Oct. 7, 2026
Schwartz faces a number of challenges in her first months as director, as her agency confronts staff cuts, measles outbreaks and a potential pneumonic plague case in Russia.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 7, 2026
Boots has faced challenges in recent years with growing debt and changing shopping habits resulting in more people buying cheaper products online.
From BBC β Oct. 7, 2026
Like the other members of the Saturday Afternoon Club, he expected to hear Burnham discuss the challenges of building an entire city on such a short schedule, but Burnham surprised him.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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Winning teams can be poor at challenges: The three teams with the best records in baseball were challenge challenged.
From Los Angeles Times β Oct. 7, 2026
Activists and some voters have challenged the process, saying it was opaque.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 6, 2026
The incumbent, veteran left-wing leader Luíz Inácio Lula da Silva, will be challenged by 11 candidates, the most prominent of whom is right-winger Flávio Bolsonaro.
From BBC β Oct. 4, 2026
In the build-up during the week, Powell had challenged his players to earn legendary status, knowing that was their long-term reward if they could emerge victorious.
From BBC β Oct. 3, 2026
If you feel unfairly challenged, take an honest look at the situation to understand your fears.’”
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
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The tiny creature was found to interpret DNA instructions in a way researchers had never documented before, challenging a long held assumption about how the genetic code works.
From Science Daily β Oct. 8, 2026
“Having a kid is daunting in about a hundred different ways, period — but it’s just getting more and more challenging financially,” Matt Schultz, chief consumer-finance analyst at LendingTree, told MarketWatch.
From MarketWatch β Oct. 8, 2026
Yet he is so bad at ABS challenges that manager Dave Roberts forbade Pages from challenging pitches after his unsuccessful challenge in the NL Division Series opener Monday.
From Los Angeles Times β Oct. 7, 2026
Today’s sensing technology struggles with smell partly because it tries to identify and measure individual chemicals, a challenging task, said Max Shulaker, chief of Health Solutions at Analog Devices.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 7, 2026
The recovery of the artifacts in and around the wreck of the São José has, from the beginning, been challenging to say the least.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
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