variants also gantlets
as in ordeals
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 gauntlets Post-punk bands face few gauntlets as arduous as the slow song, and Landowner challenge themselves to traverse three of them. —
Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 24 Mar. 2026 Those odds proved to be correct, as One Battle and Sinners added the final jewels to their respective gauntlets en route to this Sunday’s Academy Awards. —Joe Reid, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2026 However, according to Sounwave, Lamar’s chief producer and longtime friend, GNX was in the works long before any gauntlets were thrown. —Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 30 Dec. 2025 However, according to Sounwave, Lamar’s chief producer and longtime friend, GNX was in the works long before any gauntlets were thrown. —Preezy Brown, Rolling Stone, 15 Dec. 2025 Is the Hockomock League one of the toughest gauntlets in Massachusetts again? —Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 19 Sep. 2025
Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 24 Mar. 2026 Those odds proved to be correct, as One Battle and Sinners added the final jewels to their respective gauntlets en route to this Sunday’s Academy Awards. —Joe Reid, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2026 However, according to Sounwave, Lamar’s chief producer and longtime friend, GNX was in the works long before any gauntlets were thrown. —Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 30 Dec. 2025 However, according to Sounwave, Lamar’s chief producer and longtime friend, GNX was in the works long before any gauntlets were thrown. —Preezy Brown, Rolling Stone, 15 Dec. 2025 Is the Hockomock League one of the toughest gauntlets in Massachusetts again? —Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 19 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gauntlets
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Others have also turned their personal ordeals into stories of inspiration.— Brian Steinberg, Variety, 3 Apr. 2026
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The medical ordeals are traumatic and disgusting, but fascinating and full of the quirks of modern life.— Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 8 Jan. 2026
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An Amazon package arrived at my door a few days after the Eaton and Palisades fires ignited.— Abigail Stone, HollywoodReporter, 22 Apr. 2026
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Previously, small fires had often escalated due to increasingly difficult-to-predict weather conditions.— Paige Bruton, semafor.com, 22 Apr. 2026
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