challenging
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After a challenging stretch, she believes the team is ready to make a playoff run.
From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2026
India faces challenging heatwaves each year, but few places endure conditions as searing as the country's western desert salt pans, where workers rely on simple techniques to survive almost unbearable temperatures.
From Barron's • May 10, 2026
Neither technologists nor Luddites, these leaders share a taste for challenging the status quo and a resolute determination to fix something that matters—and are willing to learn whatever is necessary to do it.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
Finding the right place to live in retirement can be challenging.
From MarketWatch • May 8, 2026
More challenging was scrubbing off the black paint that she’d applied to her back feathers.
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
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