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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
These are the exceptions that prove the rule, with Blackpool’s final tally of 39 points having been enough for survival in every season since, but Spurs are preparing to run a fixture gauntlet.
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Elias Burke, New York Times, 27 Jan. 2026
In the final, Black & Alshon threw down the gauntlet, beating the top pair in three straight for gold.
—Todd Boss, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
Amid the gauntlet of billboards touting fast food, urgent care and gasoline, along busy Route 41 is one that stands out more than ever now.
—Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 21 Jan. 2026
The target — 5,600 Green Card applicants — roughly reflects the number of refugee arrivals in Minnesota in the past three years, Graupman said, and those individuals have already been through a gauntlet of some 14 to 15 health and background checks to enter the country.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 18 Jan. 2026
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Elias Burke, New York Times, 27 Jan. 2026
In the final, Black & Alshon threw down the gauntlet, beating the top pair in three straight for gold.
—Todd Boss, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
Amid the gauntlet of billboards touting fast food, urgent care and gasoline, along busy Route 41 is one that stands out more than ever now.
—Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 21 Jan. 2026
The target — 5,600 Green Card applicants — roughly reflects the number of refugee arrivals in Minnesota in the past three years, Graupman said, and those individuals have already been through a gauntlet of some 14 to 15 health and background checks to enter the country.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 18 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gauntlet
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Many people come to the story—the missing woman, the panicked family, the ordeal so singular but relatable—expressing compassion.—
Megan Garber,
The Atlantic,
11 Feb. 2026
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Following practice on Tuesday before the suspensions were handed out, Lee detailed how the Hornets can use the whole ordeal to better themselves.—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
11 Feb. 2026
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The crucial employment snapshot is slightly delayed because of the brief government shutdown and will show whether the trajectory improved for the US labor market, which has been stuck in a low-hire and low-fire lull.—
Alicia Wallace,
CNN Money,
11 Feb. 2026
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Italy’s national fire and rescue service, Vigili del Fuoco, reported that, over the weekend, two people died and one was seriously injured in Alpe Meriggio in Valtellina after being caught in an avalanche that fatally buried at least one of the victims.—
Bonny Chu,
FOXNews.com,
11 Feb. 2026
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Some of those talks have sidelined antitrust chief Gail Slater, who inherited the Live Nation case from the Biden administration but has pursued it toward a trial set for March.—
Rohan Goswami,
semafor.com,
9 Feb. 2026
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Seventy-three trial attorneys and seven appellate attorneys also continued legal education, logging 188 hours of training from the Oklahoma Bar Association.—
Raynee Howell,
Oklahoma Watch,
9 Feb. 2026
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“Gauntlet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gauntlet. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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