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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
The early schedule was a gauntlet, including seven consecutive road games to end the first month.
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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
That character has been through the gauntlet and what is wrong with the TV Academy that Kelly Reilly hasn’t been nominated?
—Lynette Rice, Deadline, 15 Dec. 2024
But those lines, and those gauntlets, differ depending who is asked.
—Will Carless, USA TODAY, 5 Jan. 2025
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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
That character has been through the gauntlet and what is wrong with the TV Academy that Kelly Reilly hasn’t been nominated?
—Lynette Rice, Deadline, 15 Dec. 2024
But those lines, and those gauntlets, differ depending who is asked.
—Will Carless, USA TODAY, 5 Jan. 2025
See all Example Sentences for gauntlet
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gauntlet
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But in the downtown criminal courthouse, the absence of defendants derailed proceedings in several cases, including at least one murder trial slated to begin closing arguments Friday.—
Keri Blakinger,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Jan. 2025
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Nauta and De Oliveira argued a limited release to lawmakers could still prejudice any eventual trial against them.—
Bart Jansen,
USA TODAY,
10 Jan. 2025
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Since these deal initiations typically take six to nine months to finalize, a surge of new deal announcements is expected to unfold in the first half of 2025.—
Rusty Wiley,
Forbes,
13 Jan. 2025
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Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 5A (eIF-5A) is a protein that helps cells efficiently make other proteins, playing a key role in two translation stages: initiation and elongation (helping ribosomes move along the mRNA and add amino acids to the protein chain).—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
1 Jan. 2025
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Amazingly, Mom stayed conscious and talking the entire time of this ordeal.—
Philip Potempa,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Jan. 2025
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Earlier this month, Main Street Sports officially emerged from bankruptcy, ending a nearly two-year ordeal.—
Alex Sherman,
CNBC,
16 Jan. 2025
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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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But the real crucible for the mayor is only just beginning to take shape, with her political prospects inextricably tied to the almost unfathomably knotty recovery ahead.—
Julia Wick,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Jan. 2025
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His 16-minute cameo against Tottenham Hotspur in November provided flickers of the Belgian at his glorious best, threading the ball for Erling Haaland moments after coming on, before swinging in a first-time cross that was scuffed over the bar by a back-tracking defence.—
The Athletic UK Staff,
The Athletic,
10 Jan. 2025
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Now there’s Crush, which reads almost like a cross between the two.—
Vulture Editors,
Vulture,
7 Jan. 2025
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Examine the training methods of fire fighting crews and share that here, too.—
Jordan Bianchi,
The Athletic,
15 Jan. 2025
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There’s no clear timeline yet, said county Office of Emergency Management Director Kevin McGowan, as crews rush to remove fire debris and hazardous waste.—
Rebecca Ellis,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Jan. 2025
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“Gauntlet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gauntlet. Accessed 23 Jan. 2025.
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