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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
Before Scott worked anothert scoreless inning, Adrian Morejón worked through a gauntlet in the top of the eighth.
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Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 May 2026
The Central was such a gauntlet and the Avs pretty much got through it unscathed.
—Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 20 May 2026
East could be a gauntlet in ’26-27 A perennial laughingstock compared to the Western Conference, the East should be fun and fierce next season.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 19 May 2026
Commuters in New York City’s suburbs navigated a gauntlet of car, bus and subway routes to get to work Monday after a strike on the Long Island Rail Road that shut down the nation’s busiest commuter rail system entered its third day.
—ABC News, 18 May 2026
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Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 May 2026
The Central was such a gauntlet and the Avs pretty much got through it unscathed.
—Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 20 May 2026
East could be a gauntlet in ’26-27 A perennial laughingstock compared to the Western Conference, the East should be fun and fierce next season.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 19 May 2026
Commuters in New York City’s suburbs navigated a gauntlet of car, bus and subway routes to get to work Monday after a strike on the Long Island Rail Road that shut down the nation’s busiest commuter rail system entered its third day.
—ABC News, 18 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gauntlet
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Meanwhile, Phillips said, victims are left to live with the impacts of the perpetrators’ actions — with the survivors in this case forced to continue to relive their ordeals as the case continues on to the Court of Appeal.—
Chantal Da Silva,
NBC news,
3 June 2026
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Success after so much failure—gut-wrenching letdowns after episodes of Odyssean temptation to fleeting belief; too many to count—is almost an ordeal.—
Vinson Cunningham,
New Yorker,
2 June 2026
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Zelensky also posted footage showing explosions and several fires at one Russian facility and a huge plume of thick, black smoke rising behind a high-rise building.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
3 June 2026
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Sherrill cited public safety concerns after officials reported protesters had set tires and chairs on fire, thrown makeshift projectiles and weaponized police shields.—
Nicole Acevedo,
NBC news,
2 June 2026
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Laura said Vallow Daybell's actions during the trial did not meet the serious nature of the courtroom.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
31 May 2026
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Lewis oversaw workshops with school kids himself, traveling to schools in his free time, staging mock trials and handing out copies of legal documents, like the Constitution.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
31 May 2026
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“Gauntlet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gauntlet. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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