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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
Pete Crow-Armstrong was 9 when his father Matt threw down the gauntlet.
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Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 1 May 2025
Miss: Gauntlet Match Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez watched from commentary as a women's tag team gauntlet match determined their WrestleMania challengers.
—David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Apr. 2025
Ahead of the always-pivotal gauntlet of Restaurant Wars, after which the production will leave its home base of Toronto for other locales across Canada, Simmons, Kish and head judge Tom Colicchio sat down with Variety.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 1 May 2025
Whilst 500 million Windows 10 users are sitting on a free Windows 11 upgrade offer, this less fortunate group needs to decide between a hefty PC upgrade bill or the risk of running the security gauntlet without support.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
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Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 1 May 2025
Miss: Gauntlet Match Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez watched from commentary as a women's tag team gauntlet match determined their WrestleMania challengers.
—David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Apr. 2025
Ahead of the always-pivotal gauntlet of Restaurant Wars, after which the production will leave its home base of Toronto for other locales across Canada, Simmons, Kish and head judge Tom Colicchio sat down with Variety.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 1 May 2025
Whilst 500 million Windows 10 users are sitting on a free Windows 11 upgrade offer, this less fortunate group needs to decide between a hefty PC upgrade bill or the risk of running the security gauntlet without support.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gauntlet
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Her late father was a defense attorney for the defensed in former NFL player O.J. Simpson's murder trial.—
Jay Stahl,
USA Today,
23 May 2025
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The case is proceeding to a trial, which is scheduled to begin on Jan. 19, 2027, at the Orange County Courthouse, as outlined in the Case Management Order filed with the Orange County Clerk’s Office.—
Matt Murschel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
22 May 2025
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The President’s oldest son, Don, Jr., was among the founders of a members-only society called the Executive Branch, open by invitation to those who can pay initiation fees of as much as half a million dollars.—
Evan Osnos,
New Yorker,
26 May 2025
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The Kansas side has several country clubs with five-figure initiation fees.—
Alfredo Sosa,
Christian Science Monitor,
18 May 2025
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For them, switching production to other countries such as India is an impossible ordeal.—
Shuli Ren,
Twin Cities,
16 May 2025
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Those caught in tunnels faced a darker, more claustrophobic ordeal.—
Marianne Lehnis,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2025
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That affects all of us here, because art is the crucible that brings people together, like tonight.—
Tomás Mier,
Rolling Stone,
13 May 2025
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The pandemic acted as a crucible, exposing what had long been overlooked: the fragility of global supply networks optimized for cost rather than continuity.—
David Nour,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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When Amad whipped a cross into the box in the 30th minute, Romero used his body cleverly to prevent Hojlund from shooting and was accidentally elbowed in the face.—
Jay Harris,
New York Times,
22 May 2025
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The game’s lone goal came when Yoshida inadvertently deflected a Sporting KC cross into his own net.—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 May 2025
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Their previous facility was destroyed in the 2007 Witch Creek fire so the family bought the property across from Old Poway Park in 2011 and converted it to Parkview Gardens.—
Julie Gallant,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 May 2025
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The fire was extinguished in about 30 minutes, officials said.—
Muri Assunção,
New York Daily News,
27 May 2025
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“Gauntlet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gauntlet. Accessed 31 May. 2025.
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