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also gantlet
as in ordeal
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
With one of the deepest line-ups in the country and the SEC slate looming as a gauntlet, Kentucky’s ceiling is sky-high.
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Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
Then something shifts, and the movie unleashes a gauntlet of sadistic violence that's very effective at making the same viewers who found these characters intensely annoying a few scenes ago feel guilty for ever hating them.
—Katie Rife, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Oct. 2025
Then they're run a gantlet of exams and years of training, amid constant scrutiny and with patients' lives on the line.
—Charlotte Huff, NPR, 28 Oct. 2025
Taiwan has vowed to resist pressure from Washington to shift half of its chip production capacity to the United States, throwing down the gauntlet to the Trump administration.
—John Liu, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2025
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Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
Then something shifts, and the movie unleashes a gauntlet of sadistic violence that's very effective at making the same viewers who found these characters intensely annoying a few scenes ago feel guilty for ever hating them.
—Katie Rife, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Oct. 2025
Then they're run a gantlet of exams and years of training, amid constant scrutiny and with patients' lives on the line.
—Charlotte Huff, NPR, 28 Oct. 2025
Taiwan has vowed to resist pressure from Washington to shift half of its chip production capacity to the United States, throwing down the gauntlet to the Trump administration.
—John Liu, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gauntlet
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Ultimately, the hotel did not profit from the ordeal after compensation was eventually given to those affected, investigators found.—
Ryan Cormier,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
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Fatal Attraction — about a married man (Michael Douglas) whose one-night affair with a woman (Close) turns into a dangerous ordeal — earned six Oscar nominations upon its initial release, including one for Close's performance and another for Best Picture.—
Joey Nolfi,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 Nov. 2025
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Adding fuel to the fire, China also released at least four WWII films this year, including some that depict the Nanjing Massacre and the sinking of a Japanese vessel.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
12 Nov. 2025
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An ugly opening half, which featured the teams combining for 6-of-24 shooting in the game’s first 10 minutes, saw the visiting Wildcats catch fire from beyond the arc.—
Hunter Bailey,
Charlotte Observer,
12 Nov. 2025
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The only person ever executed in Israel was Adolf Eichmann, a key architect of the Holocaust, who was hanged in 1962 after he famously was captured by Israeli intelligence agents in Argentina and subsequently convicted in a landmark trial.—
Tal Shalev,
CNN Money,
11 Nov. 2025
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Michelle Pascucci, state trial attorney for the Massachusetts Attorney General's office, said that the USDA could have issued another guidance memo when the Supreme Court's stay took effect.—
Sarah D. Wire,
USA Today,
11 Nov. 2025
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“Gauntlet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gauntlet. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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