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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
This is not the day to throw down the gauntlet.
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Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 24 Sep. 2025
Granted, Pearl-Cohn and East Nashville have played gauntlet schedules that are significantly more difficult than their Metro counterparts.
—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
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Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 24 Sep. 2025
Granted, Pearl-Cohn and East Nashville have played gauntlet schedules that are significantly more difficult than their Metro counterparts.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gauntlet
Noun
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The attorneys agreed that the case should be scheduled for trial.—
Jim Riccioli,
jsonline.com,
7 Oct. 2025
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Serafini’s attorney also asked Butrick about telling KCRA about seeing Serafini’s demeanor in court during the trial.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
7 Oct. 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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As of Tuesday evening, the fire crew has achieved full containment of the blaze.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
8 Oct. 2025
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Even before the vehicles stopped moving a fire broke out, which quickly spread to the back three vehicles.—
Alexandra Skores,
CNN Money,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Gauntlet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gauntlet. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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