challenge
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City Controller Kenneth Mejia easily fended off a challenge from real estate executive Zach Sokoloff, whose campaign was bolstered by $7.5 million in outside spending by his mother.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026
In rising from political obscurity to challenge longtime Republican Sen. Susan Collins, Platner has left Maine voters with two disparate impressions.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026
In the race for Los Angeles mayor, Republican Spencer Pratt is currently in second place and appears poised to challenge Democratic incumbent Karen Bass in the run-off, with a left-wing Democrat in third place.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
This kind of logistical challenge is something Mark Graham has decades of experience to fall back on.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
Seasoned professionals who were trained to navigate towering fires in the skyscrapers of Tokyo, they were nevertheless visibly shaken by the challenge of working close to the open reactor pools.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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The SAT: Language of the Test, List 4
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Academic Vocabulary Toolkit 1, Words 11-20
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