challenged

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In 2022, the group Carbon Market Watch and five other nonprofits challenged claims that the World Cup in Qatar would be “carbon neutral.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

Increasingly, speakers are being chosen or challenged not only for what they say, but for what they symbolize about institutions, technology, politics and generational authority.

From Salon • May 16, 2026

It would mark the first time a sitting Labour prime minister has been challenged while in office.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

Wettstein challenged the decision by taking the Swiss authorities to court, an expensive process for which he sought crowdfunding.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

One day he challenged me to a game of chess.

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