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challenge

[chal-inj] / ˈtΚƒΓ¦l ΙͺndΚ’ /




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“He just has an amazing emotional intelligence of how to uplift and lead his teammates and challenge them in a way that’s authentic to his personality,” McVay said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026

The result highlights an important challenge in plant chemistry.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026

Decades of research show that a healthy blend of challenge, complexity and connection drive skill development, he says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

The harder challenge now is finding room for both careers.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

The first challenge required a strong arm, he’d been told, though if the pain in his shoulder was any indication, his arm hadn’t exactly been up to it.

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley

Montgomery's legal challenges failed to commute her sentence, and she was executed by lethal injection in Indiana in 2021.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

Now, “Project Jupiter” is mired in challenges over power supply and permitting and is fast becoming a prime example of the risks in the tech giant’s sprawling and expensive artificial-intelligence gambit.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

The unexpected finding challenges current ideas about how dead stars exchange matter and energy with their surroundings.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 25, 2026

Young people trying to land their first job are facing multiple challenges.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

Few challenges to sentencing schemes, patterns, or results have been brought since McCleskey, for the exercise is plainly futile.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

Netanyahu and the Israeli government have rejected the allegations and challenged the legality of the warrant.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

He even declared “I am the house now,” and challenged traders to bet against him.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026

Roberts, too, has challenged De Paula to make defense a strength, one that will keep him in games, rather than lifted for a defensive replacement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

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

Daylight was dawning; a troop of horses coming from Latium caught sight of the shining helmet of Euryalus and challenged him.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

That makes it challenging to separate, identify, and distinguish one compound from another within an already complex plant sample.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026

The disaster has also renewed scrutiny of how roads, hydropower plants and trade corridors are built in Nepal's challenging mountain terrain.

From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026

New research is challenging the assumptions that fabrics such as cotton and wool pose no health risks and don’t shed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

“Our two militaries should maintain regular dialogue, and improve mechanisms for crisis communication and prevention,” he continued, adding a historical reference to rising powers challenging established ones: “The Thucydides trap can be overcome.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

Adding to the temptation to avoid race is the fact that opportunities for challenging mass incarceration on purely race-neutral grounds have never been greater.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander




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