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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
Noun
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Prior to the trial, public support for the system was low, at just 36 %.—
Laurie Winkless,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2025
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Thus began the trial that is expected to shed light on the death of the Argentine idol, more than four years after his passing.—
Gilles Salomone,
CNN,
11 Mar. 2025
Noun
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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
Noun
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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
Noun
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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
Noun
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Mount Helix is marked with a large cross that makes the roughly 1,300-foot peak even more recognizable from a distance.—
Maura Fox,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Mar. 2025
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The senior captain one-timed a cross crease feed from Pumphret to place Winthrop back into the driver’s seat.—
Jason Cooke,
Boston Herald,
9 Mar. 2025
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The mayor nevertheless went on the trip, attending the Ghanaian president’s inauguration, as well as a U.S. Embassy cocktail party, on Jan. 7, the day the Palisades fire broke out.—
Dakota Smith,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Mar. 2025
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Currently, there is no information on the containment of the fire and the cause of it has yet to be determined.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacramento Bee,
4 Mar. 2025
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“Gauntlet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gauntlet. Accessed 15 Mar. 2025.
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