challenge

You say you want to stop comparing yourself to your friends, but I challenge you to reframe how you view comparison, itself.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

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 ● 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 ● 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 ● Oct. 8, 2026

Skipping classes would be a challenge if I wanted to keep my grades up.

From "Liar, Liar" by Gary Paulsen

It is a sign of how intractable China’s economic difficulties are—and the structural challenges leader Xi Jinping faces in addressing them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Together, the three investigations will address some of the most important challenges of establishing a sustained human presence beyond Earth.

From Science Daily ● 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 ● Oct. 7, 2026

Lennie Kaplan, a former finance official in Alberta, says the province would be expected to take on a share of Canada's national debt, among many other fiscal challenges and responsibilities.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

Their death-in-prison sentences were insulated from legal challenges or appeals by a maze of procedural rules, statutes of limitations, and legal barricades designed to make successful postconviction challenges almost impossible.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

Yet after the initial burst, he challenged only 10 more pitches all season, finishing with a 64% success rate.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

Traveling down with her daughter from Blackpool for a tapestry-less visit to the museum, Roberts challenged the argument that sponsors should be getting something for their financial commitment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 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 ● Oct. 4, 2026

However, that decision was challenged in several Belfast courts on Saturday, before finally being given the go-ahead just hours before it was due to take place.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

One day he challenged me to a game of chess.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

The hiker was found below the notorious “final 400” stretch, a dangerously steep chute along the route that is particularly challenging to navigate in the winter months.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

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 ● 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 ● Oct. 8, 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 ● Oct. 7, 2026

It was a case challenging the Alabama Department of Public Safety’s decision to administer state driver’s license examinations only in English.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander