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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
Fivio Foreign has threw down the gauntlet against Kai Cenat and Plaqueboymax in a diss record responding to criticism over seemingly disrespecting Plaqueboymax during a recent livestream.
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Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 14 Jan. 2025
For now, the spotlight shines on Brunson — the heart and soul of this team — and his ability to lead New York through the gauntlet ahead.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 12 Jan. 2025
The early schedule was a gauntlet, including seven consecutive road games to end the first month.
—Michael Russo, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
However, around the corner awaits a stretch from the beginning of January into February, where Boston will get minimal rest while facing a gauntlet featuring most of the NBA's top teams.
—Bobby Krivitsky, Forbes, 25 Dec. 2024
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Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 14 Jan. 2025
For now, the spotlight shines on Brunson — the heart and soul of this team — and his ability to lead New York through the gauntlet ahead.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 12 Jan. 2025
The early schedule was a gauntlet, including seven consecutive road games to end the first month.
—Michael Russo, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
However, around the corner awaits a stretch from the beginning of January into February, where Boston will get minimal rest while facing a gauntlet featuring most of the NBA's top teams.
—Bobby Krivitsky, Forbes, 25 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gauntlet
Noun
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The class-action lawsuit has not yet gone to trial.—
Matthew Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
3 Feb. 2025
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During the first trial on vehicular homicide and manslaughter charges, prosecutors alleged Read backed her car into O’Keefe and ran him over in a fit of passion, and then left him to die in the snow.—
Etan Vlessing,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Her perceptions transform the reality of migration into an imaginative experience of initiation.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
16 Jan. 2025
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Freedom refers to the absence of the initiation of physical force, the absence of compulsion and coercion.—
Brian P Simpson,
Orange County Register,
7 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Kaine said she’s grown wary of SpaceX’s response to the ordeal and the Starship program in general.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN,
30 Jan. 2025
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The entire ordeal was captured by multiple videos and placed online.—
Jonathan Granoff,
Newsweek,
29 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The quartz mined from this area is used as a crucible to melt polysilicon, which is then used to produce silicon wafers — the base of a semiconductor.—
Emma Roth,
The Verge,
30 Sep. 2024
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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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The home side led at halftime, but a brilliant cross from Savinho was converted by Haaland – the forward’s 19th league goal of the season – to level the match in the 55th minute.—
George Ramsay,
CNN,
3 Feb. 2025
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Hannah Morrell added a goal from a beautiful cross from Trinity Amaya.—
Christian Babcock,
The Mercury News,
24 Jan. 2025
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Naked Burn Gel for fire stunts; Dustin Brooks and Colin Decker for the development of Fire for Hire’s naked burn gel; and Attila T. Áfra for the Intel Open Image Denoise, and Timo Aila for his work at NVIDIA applying U-Nets to denoising.—
Carolyn Giardina,
Variety,
27 Jan. 2025
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Giorgio’s Discotheque Sunset at EDITION Giorgio’s Discotheque, from famed LA club promoter Bryan Rabin, will return, this year supporting MusiCares Disaster Relief via a $30 donation required for entry that will go towards fire relief efforts.—
Kirsten Chuba,
The Hollywood Reporter,
27 Jan. 2025
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“Gauntlet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gauntlet. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.
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