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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
Granted, Pearl-Cohn and East Nashville have played gauntlet schedules that are significantly more difficult than their Metro counterparts.
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Tyler Palmateer, Nashville Tennessean, 20 Sep. 2025
Is the Hockomock League one of the toughest gauntlets in Massachusetts again?
—Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 19 Sep. 2025
Kershaw gets a chance to add a third championship and go out on top as the Dodgers start a playoff run through the gauntlet of top competition in the National League.
—Tim Crowley, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
Sitting on a club-record 54 points through 30 matches, United already has clinched a spot in the MLS Cup Playoffs, a gauntlet that will start with a first-round, best-of-three series in late October.
—Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 18 Sep. 2025
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Tyler Palmateer, Nashville Tennessean, 20 Sep. 2025
Is the Hockomock League one of the toughest gauntlets in Massachusetts again?
—Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 19 Sep. 2025
Kershaw gets a chance to add a third championship and go out on top as the Dodgers start a playoff run through the gauntlet of top competition in the National League.
—Tim Crowley, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
Sitting on a club-record 54 points through 30 matches, United already has clinched a spot in the MLS Cup Playoffs, a gauntlet that will start with a first-round, best-of-three series in late October.
—Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 18 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gauntlet
Noun
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Those cuts have left some families who had been hoping to join trials of new treatments scrambling to find other options.—
Jen Christensen,
CNN Money,
1 Oct. 2025
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Rocha’s attorneys also filed multiple motions for acquittal, which were denied by circuit court Judge David Chamberlain, who is presiding over the trial.—
PJ Green
September 30,
Kansas City Star,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Puck coached Gomez on cooking, giving her two kitchen initiation tests.—
Ashlyn Robinette,
PEOPLE,
1 Oct. 2025
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Goldman Sachs initiates Glaukos as buy Goldman said in its initiation of Glaukos that the ophthalmology company is well positioned.—
Michael Bloom,
CNBC,
1 Oct. 2025
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That’s why, in a sense, Mann views this whole ordeal as a blessing in disguise.—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
2 Oct. 2025
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Told through empathetic interviews with his bandmates and family, Struebing’s ordeal becomes a tale of partial redemption and a lament about the failure of our justice system to meet the mental-health needs of people caught up in it.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
29 Sep. 2025
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Operating under daily threat and surveillance, the studio becomes a crucible of moral sacrifice, artistic resistance, and survival.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
29 Sep. 2025
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In a high-purity quartz crucible, the polysilicon is heated to about 1,425 °C and melts.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
22 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Letting Germs Spread in the Kitchen One common food safety pitfall is increasing the risk of cross-contamination in the kitchen, Ahmed Abdelhamid, PhD, an assistant professor in food microbiology at Michigan State University, told Health.—
Brian Mastroianni,
Health,
2 Oct. 2025
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In addition to winning over more and more stateside fans every year, the cross-pollinating of Western performers with Korean artists has also swelled significantly, resulting in big-name, culture-crossing collaborations between Jung Kook and Latto or Lisa with RAYE and Doja Cat.—
Andrew Unterberger,
Billboard,
2 Oct. 2025
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Police said the threat was linked to a fire in the north of the city.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
1 Oct. 2025
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My 5-year-old wore this Melissa & Doug Fire Chief set for Halloween last year and has put out many fake fires since then.—
Katrina Cossey,
Parents,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Gauntlet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gauntlet. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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