gauntlet
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Metal barriers were put up at each block as sports fans faced an airport-style gauntlet of security.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
The deal would combine two of the largest U.S. utilities into an East Coast energy titan with territory in Florida, the Carolinas and Virginia, and require approval from a gauntlet of state and federal regulators.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026
Yet even as she threw down the gauntlet, Jackson sounded pessimistic about a course correction.
From Slate • Mar. 17, 2026
In the hoopla of Koy breaking his own audience record at the venue, Iglesias crashed the show, presented his friend with a plaque and laid down the gauntlet in front of 17,500 fans.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026
Then the horse got up on its forelegs, its haunches heaved upright, and the knight sat up, lifting one steel gauntlet, as if to rub his head.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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