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challenge

[chal-inj] / ˈtΚƒΓ¦l ΙͺndΚ’ /




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In the two years since, the market has only grown, alongside the challenge to Spanish authorities.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

Their approach targets a major environmental challenge: rising atmospheric CO2 levels driven in large part by fossil fuel use and cement production.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

On Friday, United States district judge Andrew Carter found Moore's challenge was "not justified" on a legal basis.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

That framework was reassuring to me because it doesn’t require pretending that your 20s are just one long savings challenge.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026

“By what authority do you challenge me?” roared the muvuki.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

Adding more chipmaking capacity is not without its challenges.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

Yet, the gains are tempered by some serious challenges.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

“He takes on challenges, but it’s not a, ‘Let me hurry up and get to this challenge, let me rush through this.’

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

“This group of people who are retired will face unique and difficult challenges going back to work.”

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026

According to Gardullo, there is an important positive side to these challenges as well.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler

Anderson's brother Sean also challenged the decision not to release him from Magilligan Prison to attend the funeral, but that was upheld by the same judge.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

The connection is one of the most counterintuitive features of quantum mechanics and has challenged physicists' understanding of reality for decades.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026

Hospitals and patients have successfully challenged a number of the subpoenas.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

“That’s probably the most important channel through which buying a home builds wealth,” said James Choi, a professor of finance at the Yale School of Management, who has challenged traditional personal-finance advice in his research.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026

Julie speaks with the air of someone who isn’t accustomed to being challenged.

From "Amina's Song" by Hena Khan

"Going into the next decade, we need to be clear-eyed about that and become stronger and more on the front foot about challenging that," he said.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

The Philadelphia Phillies are challenging more than a century of baseball orthodoxy around how to construct a lineup—and it’s helping them charge into the playoffs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

Lithium-ion battery fires are challenging to combat as excessive heat inside a battery creates a self-sustaining chemical reaction called thermal runaway that can then easily spread to adjacent batteries.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

At Washington Monthly, they’ve incorporated an earnings metric for years and they try to control to some extent for subject matter, but it can be challenging, he said.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026

He watched his classmates tap-dance with tongues, challenging one another, slipping and sliding from story to story.

From "Look Both Ways" by Jason Reynolds




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