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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
South Korean actor Park Sung-hoon has confirmed that his character in the upcoming second season of Squid Game is a trans woman who has entered the deadly gauntlet to pay for gender-affirming surgery.
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Mathew Rodriguez, Them, 5 Dec. 2024
This third-place trend carried on throughout our benchmark gauntlet.
—PCMAG, 27 Nov. 2024
Presented as a two-hour listening gauntlet with no breaks between tracks—or as a sketchy download link on a GeoCities website that channeled Heaven’s Gate—Diamond Jubilee seemed to float in from another place and time.
—Pitchfork, 3 Dec. 2024
Yes, but: Their next five games are somewhat of a gauntlet.
—Ross Terrell, Axios, 2 Dec. 2024
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Mathew Rodriguez, Them, 5 Dec. 2024
This third-place trend carried on throughout our benchmark gauntlet.
—PCMAG, 27 Nov. 2024
Presented as a two-hour listening gauntlet with no breaks between tracks—or as a sketchy download link on a GeoCities website that channeled Heaven’s Gate—Diamond Jubilee seemed to float in from another place and time.
—Pitchfork, 3 Dec. 2024
Yes, but: Their next five games are somewhat of a gauntlet.
—Ross Terrell, Axios, 2 Dec. 2024
See all Example Sentences for gauntlet
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gauntlet
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But in the downtown criminal courthouse, the absence of defendants derailed proceedings in several cases, including at least one murder trial slated to begin closing arguments Friday.Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2025
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The 30 Rock star filed a civil lawsuit against prosecutors and investigators from his previous criminal manslaughter trial in Santa Fe on Thursday.Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 10 Jan. 2025
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Since these deal initiations typically take six to nine months to finalize, a surge of new deal announcements is expected to unfold in the first half of 2025.Rusty Wiley, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
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Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 5A (eIF-5A) is a protein that helps cells efficiently make other proteins, playing a key role in two translation stages: initiation and elongation (helping ribosomes move along the mRNA and add amino acids to the protein chain).New Atlas, New Atlas, 1 Jan. 2025
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After disappearing for six months following the ordeal, the special agent is forced to return when another criminal demands to negotiate with him by name.Esther Kang, People.com, 2 Jan. 2025
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The ordeal was captured on video and shows a hooded male on the edge of the platform and a victim looking at his phone as the train pulls into the station.Christina Shaw, Fox News, 1 Jan. 2025
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And yet so many of us fail to deliver on these warmth-driving behaviors in the crucible of the interview room.Jeremy Schifeling, Contributor, CNBC, 13 Jan. 2025
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But the real crucible for the mayor is only just beginning to take shape, with her political prospects inextricably tied to the almost unfathomably knotty recovery ahead.Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2025
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His 16-minute cameo against Tottenham Hotspur in November provided flickers of the Belgian at his glorious best, threading the ball for Erling Haaland moments after coming on, before swinging in a first-time cross that was scuffed over the bar by a back-tracking defence.The Athletic UK Staff, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
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Now there’s Crush, which reads almost like a cross between the two.Vulture Editors, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2025
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For the week of January 6-12, which is when the fires began, FilmLA logged 132 shoot days for the period.Brian Welk, IndieWire, 15 Jan. 2025
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Thanks to dry and windy conditions, the fires are continuing to spread.Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
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“Gauntlet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gauntlet. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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