challenge
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During the interview, he hinted that he’d challenge U.S.
From Salon β Oct. 11, 2026
"And I see this becoming a bigger challenge in the coming months," he said.
From Barron's β Oct. 10, 2026
“Whether it’s your bone, whether it’s your muscle, whether it’s your tendon, you have to challenge yourself every day with different things.”
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 10, 2026
However, creating a plasma beam was only part of the challenge.
From Science Daily β Oct. 9, 2026
Which is probably why it was my favorite; there was nothing I loved more than a challenge.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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Miri said he filed a habeas corpus petition on June 19, a legal action that challenges the lawfulness of a person’s detention, but declined to be interviewed on the case.
From Los Angeles Times β Oct. 11, 2026
The discovery challenges long-standing assumptions about how the eye functions and could eventually lead to new approaches for treating serious conditions that cause blindness.
From Science Daily β Oct. 11, 2026
King Charles III has warned of the challenges disinformation and other "hostile online activity" pose to trust and security in the digital age.
From BBC β Oct. 10, 2026
Because people are people, and we keep making the same mistakes and facing the same challenges, even if sometimes we get better about it than at other times.
From Salon β Oct. 10, 2026
Here, with tougher terrain and with a much larger territory, Tao Tao faced greater challenges when it came to finding bamboo, water, and shelter.
From "Camp Panda" by Catherine Thimmesh
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Fain had clashed with another UAW vice president, Rich Boyer, who unsuccessfully challenged Fain for the top job.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 9, 2026
Detainees and immigrant rights groups have increasingly challenged conditions at Adelanto in court and through protests such as hunger strikes.
From Los Angeles Times β Oct. 8, 2026
Yet after the initial burst, he challenged only 10 more pitches all season, finishing with a 64% success rate.
From Los Angeles Times β Oct. 7, 2026
Defence lawyers challenged the credibility of the evidence and argued the case against Ferris was deeply flawed.
From BBC β Oct. 7, 2026
No protest group had ever challenged an American president so defiantly.
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
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"It was a very long, tiring and challenging day," he said.
From BBC β Oct. 10, 2026
Pillay’s career includes challenging apartheid in South Africa and serving on the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, where she helped establish legal precedents recognizing sexual violence as an act of genocide.
From Salon β Oct. 10, 2026
That becomes especially challenging in applications such as space exploration, where equipment must be compact, lightweight, and reliable.
From Science Daily β Oct. 9, 2026
In this case, they are challenging how the Department of Water Resources currently operates one of the largest water systems in the world, the State Water Project.
From Los Angeles Times β Oct. 9, 2026
The recovery of the artifacts in and around the wreck of the São José has, from the beginning, been challenging to say the least.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
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