challenging
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Lawsuits challenging the orders arrived quickly in the D.C. federal district court.
From Slate • May 15, 2026
“If you reduce your application rates, you’re going to look at yield losses. So, it’s a really challenging calculus on that front.”
From Salon • May 15, 2026
“I see you found the first egg,” says Jane 2, who declares, “You’re about to face the most challenging Easter egg hunt ever.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026
However, soon after talks began, state media published comments from Xi making clear that tensions over Taiwan could prove challenging.
From BBC • May 14, 2026
Then he’d enrolled me in two more challenging courses—college algebra, which terrified me, and biology, which didn’t but only because I didn’t know what it was.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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