challenge
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He also expressed belief in Americans’ ability to meet the challenge of foreign peacetime competition.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
The challenge is especially significant in wafer-scale CVD-grown monolayer MoS2.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026
Her debut is likely to attract widespread attention and she hopes to embrace the occasion - after all, this is the challenge she craved.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
As Japan marks the anniversary of the 1945 atomic bombs, its leaders are pushing for a renewed debate on nuclear weapons in a challenge to the nation's long-time pacifist stance.
From Barron's ● Aug. 9, 2026
And aside from the weather, there was what many regarded as an even greater challenge: the Antikythera wreck was about 197 feet down.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
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Still, Raines, 79, has no illusions about the challenges the city faces.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026
It was a huge relief for them all to be reunited, but the family still face challenges - one being that eight months after giving birth, Amira has been unable to register her son's birth.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
Sign up to do the challenges along with him here!
From Slate ● Aug. 7, 2026
Despite the suffering and challenges of relocating his hives to an unfamiliar landscape, Al-Dabba said he found "hope after seeing the bees coexist and adapt".
From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026
It was gratifying to be able, finally, to address some of these issues through our new project and to articulate the challenges created by racial history and structural poverty.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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Starting a year ago, the court itself began to employ the term biological sex in equal-protection decisions in which transgender claimants challenged laws imposing requirements for gender-affirming care, passport identification, and participation in sports.
From Slate ● Aug. 7, 2026
Although that transaction has closed, it is being challenged in court by eight states seeking to block the merger on antitrust grounds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Private jailers like The GEO Group successfully challenged the legislation in court.
From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026
"I liked the idea of being challenged and had always admired women in non-traditional roles," she says.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
“Mighty Mibsters challenged us again,” Ira told us as we sat around Pork Chop’s granny’s kitchen, picking at food.
From Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm
Uprooting her life at short notice and leaving her family behind was challenging and Jessica remembers spending a lot of time alone in Portsmouth when Owen was at away games.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
“As we navigate a challenging consumer demand environment, we continue to make progress in building a more focused Under Armour, despite updating our full-year revenue outlook,” said Chief Executive Kevin Plank.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Keeping the sponsors’ faith is challenging for Rebecca, who reminds one that a company that backs military actions shouldn’t hesitate to support a women’s football club.
From Salon ● Aug. 7, 2026
“It’s a very challenging and even critical situation that we are facing,” said Brzoska.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
The predictable response is that civil rights advocates are as committed to challenging mass incarceration and other forms of structural racism as they are to preserving affirmative action.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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