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also gantlet
as in trial
a test of faith, patience, or strength
before being adopted, school textbooks must often run the gauntlet of several local and state committees
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Recent Examples of gauntlet
To punch a ticket to a state championship, Boswell had to make it through a treacherous gauntlet of playoff opponents.
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Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Feb. 2025
Donald Trump’s new administration is already stress-testing big blue cities and states, with much more to come, months ahead of a relative handful of voters deciding who’s going to lead NYC through this gauntlet.
—Harry Siegel, New York Daily News, 1 Feb. 2025
The schedule only gets tougher for UCLA against a bruising gauntlet of Big Ten teams.
—Andrés Soto, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2025
Rewind to September, when Slot threw down the gauntlet to Szobosozlai before the Champions League game away to Milan.
—James Pearce, The Athletic, 7 Feb. 2025
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Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Feb. 2025
Donald Trump’s new administration is already stress-testing big blue cities and states, with much more to come, months ahead of a relative handful of voters deciding who’s going to lead NYC through this gauntlet.
—Harry Siegel, New York Daily News, 1 Feb. 2025
The schedule only gets tougher for UCLA against a bruising gauntlet of Big Ten teams.
—Andrés Soto, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2025
Rewind to September, when Slot threw down the gauntlet to Szobosozlai before the Champions League game away to Milan.
—James Pearce, The Athletic, 7 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gauntlet
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Reyes was arrested in December 2020 and has been in custody at the Cook County jail since 2021, awaiting trial on other murder and attempted murder charges for the killing of a sixth person, a 26-year-old man in June 2020, officials said.—
Rebekah Riess,
CNN,
27 Feb. 2025
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The senator noted that the mystery surrounding Epstein's unexpected death prior to his 2019 trial feeds into the public's curiosity and skepticism.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
Fox News,
27 Feb. 2025
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These require a one-time initiation of $50,000 and annual dues of $7,500 (which includes access for a spouse).—
Melinda Sheckells,
The Hollywood Reporter,
27 Feb. 2025
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Every night felt somewhere between a secret initiation and a car crash, with lead singer Cole Haden at the center of the madness.—
Simon Vozick-Levinson,
Rolling Stone,
25 Feb. 2025
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Regardless, Sumner said, responding to an outbreak is an expensive ordeal for a dairy farm.—
Annika Merrilees,
Sacramento Bee,
7 Mar. 2025
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Former Vice President Mike Pence, speaking in Hong Kong in January, called on Beijing to end Lai’s ordeal.—
Reuters,
NBC News,
6 Mar. 2025
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The struggles Bruce describes, many reflecting his own life, serve as crucibles for new beginnings.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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Storm places the birth and initial spread of nationalism in the crucible of the Atlantic revolutions of the eighteenth century.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
25 Feb. 2025
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On that night, a 30-foot burning cross surrounded by smaller ones lit what was then called City Park.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Feb. 2025
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For a few seconds, the water cleared enough to see something that resembled a cross between a hairball and a meteor.—
Julian Lucas,
The New Yorker,
24 Feb. 2025
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Both men were recovered by fire personnel but did not survive.—
Todd Karpovich,
Baltimore Sun,
4 Mar. 2025
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A number of stars are continuing to give back to the Los Angeles community following the devastating fires earlier this year via a new initiative, called Help on the Way LA.—
Rania Aniftos,
Billboard,
4 Mar. 2025
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“Gauntlet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gauntlet. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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