variants
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
Post-punk bands face few gauntlets as arduous as the slow song, and Landowner challenge themselves to traverse three of them.
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Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 24 Mar. 2026
Historically one of the most competitive divisions in MLB, the AL East should once again be a gauntlet with four teams expected to be in the postseason hunt.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 21 Mar. 2026
And audiences are exhausted by sameness because only one type of film survives this gauntlet.
—Daren Smith, IndieWire, 18 Mar. 2026
Both are key Officer Agents within Baroque Works, and their presence signals the season will feature the full gauntlet of one-on-one battles that define the arc’s climax in the manga.
—Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 16 Mar. 2026
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Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 24 Mar. 2026
Historically one of the most competitive divisions in MLB, the AL East should once again be a gauntlet with four teams expected to be in the postseason hunt.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 21 Mar. 2026
And audiences are exhausted by sameness because only one type of film survives this gauntlet.
—Daren Smith, IndieWire, 18 Mar. 2026
Both are key Officer Agents within Baroque Works, and their presence signals the season will feature the full gauntlet of one-on-one battles that define the arc’s climax in the manga.
—Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 16 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gauntlet
Noun
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For Nissa True, the owner of Smithville’s Pizza Shoppe, the community support has made the whole ordeal much easier to endure.—
Jenna Ebbers,
Kansas City Star,
1 Apr. 2026
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Wenrick said the department hired an outside firm to investigate the entire ordeal, which includes determining why the patrol was left unlocked.—
Nicole Comstock,
CBS News,
31 Mar. 2026
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True was in her office inside the restaurant shortly after the lunch rush Monday afternoon when a customer came in and said the Chinese restaurant a couple doors down was on fire.—
Jenna Ebbers,
Kansas City Star,
1 Apr. 2026
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The Knicks only truly made things interesting in minutes the former Brooklyn Nets star and sure-fire first-ballot Hall of Famer spent on the bench on Tuesday.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
1 Apr. 2026
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In the usual course of things, a promising drug candidate would be ushered into human trials.—
Dhruv Khullar,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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As it’s applied today, the law allows trial attorneys to prey on the state’s small and mid-sized businesses — filing frivolous, costly lawsuits over even the most minor violation of California’s complex labor code.—
Tom Manzo,
Oc Register,
6 Apr. 2026
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“Gauntlet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gauntlet. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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