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Many thought Caruso would challenge Bass for reelection this year, as he continued to publicly criticize the mayor.
From Los Angeles Times β Sep. 16, 2026
The challenge stems from the inability to know or predict the outputs of these extraordinarily complex generative systems once they’re given prompts to do things in the world plus access to the internet.
From The Wall Street Journal β Sep. 15, 2026
Now they face that challenge in quick succession, starting with prospect of current Nations League holders Portugal.
From BBC β Sep. 15, 2026
The failure to get a landmark bill through the Senate highlights the challenge facing lawmakers as they turn to technologies evolving considerably faster.
From Barron's β Sep. 15, 2026
“Then what is it? Another one of your challenge videos didn’t go viral?”
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
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The NFL engineered its rise to solve several challenges at once, turning a gym-class staple into a vehicle for youth acquisition and international expansion.
From The Wall Street Journal β Sep. 14, 2026
Subsequent testing and a major European safety assessment have added important context, including challenges to the idea that the chemical necessarily forms during digestion.
From Science Daily β Sep. 14, 2026
One of the environmental groups which brought the legal challenges, Uplift, has described OEUK's calls for support as a "fantasy" and says the North Sea is an "ultra-mature" basin with very little reserves left.
From BBC β Sep. 14, 2026
The rollback is likely to face immediate legal challenges.
From Los Angeles Times β Sep. 14, 2026
Along with his other challenges, Mr. Dill had enormous difficulty speaking.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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It responded, “Honestly, yes,” followed by some hallucinated statistics that it took back after I challenged them.
From The Wall Street Journal β Sep. 15, 2026
A supervisor for the ministry admitted that had they read the statement they "would have challenged Tom", and that it "read terribly", the report found.
From Barron's β Sep. 15, 2026
Both projects had already been given the go-ahead under the previous Conservative government but were successfully challenged in the Scottish courts on environmental grounds.
From BBC β Sep. 14, 2026
Instead, it grew out of a class assignment in which Wu challenged students to demonstrate how information theory could be used to solve a real problem.
From Science Daily β Sep. 12, 2026
Aristotle challenged Pythagoras’s “traveling library” notion that semen collected hereditary information by coursing through the body and obtaining secret “instructions” from each individual part.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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But curved cockpit windows are challenging to make – the slightest distortion or defect is clearly visible to the pilot.
From BBC β Sep. 15, 2026
The true value of formal education lies in the challenging interpersonal environments, new perspectives and opportunities for self-reflection it provides.
From The Wall Street Journal β Sep. 15, 2026
To them, Hargitay was, prima facie, the least challenging choice amid polarizing comedians and a shrinking roster of late-night hosts.
From Salon β Sep. 15, 2026
It’s still early, of course, but the road to a spot in Super Bowl LXI at SoFi Stadium suddenly appears more challenging.
From Los Angeles Times β Sep. 14, 2026
Her lasting legacy to the 587th Bomber Aviation Regiment was in choosing the challenging Pe-2 dive-bomber planes that they flew, and the 587th’s commitment to those planes would have made her proud.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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