1. She picked up the gauntlet in her incisive Keynote Address to the Conference.

2. They have thrown down the gauntlet to the PM by demanding a referendum.

3. He was quick to take up the gauntlet thrown down by the opposition.

4. The foreign secretary ran the gauntlet of demonstrators.

5. Some of the witnesses had to run the gauntlet of television cameras and reporters.

6. Whoever decides to take up the gauntlet and challenge the Prime Minister will have a tough battle.

7. Luxury car firm Jaguar has thrown down the gauntlet to competitors by giving the best guarantee on the market.

8. She has thrown down the gauntlet to the newspaper by accusing it of libel.

9. Every day they had to run the gauntlet of hostile journalists on their way to school.

10. Our players have to go through a gauntlet of fans to get to their cars.

11. The pitch of politicians is more strident, the gauntlet is thrown down more quickly, the stakes get higher faster.

12. I will have to walk the two-block gauntlet to Public School 45.

13. A defendant should be required to run the gauntlet of the criminal court system only once.

14. Before getting the proposals accepted, the government had to run the gauntlet of hostility from its own supporters.

15. The trucks tried to drive to the British base, running the gauntlet of marauding bands of gunmen.

16. By calling the election at this time, the government has flung down the gauntlet to the opposing parties.

17. His Republican rival may be expected to take up the gauntlet.

18. A price war looks likely now that a leading supermarket has thrown down the gauntlet to its competitors.

19. They challenged the Heat and then stood and watched Miami pick up the gauntlet.

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20. It's going on five years since Earl Woods threw down the gauntlet and the snickering has stopped.

21. Fresh from their success they have thrown down the gauntlet to the rest of the Group.

22. He balked slightly at that, then he tucked the tenners down his gauntlet and handed it over.

23. As soon as Lexandro flexed a finger, his power gauntlet twitched in rapport.

24. It was as if she'd thrown down an invisible gauntlet on the table, and Shae knew a moment's bleakness.

25. Voice over One of the big four supermarkets, Sainsbury's says it's happy to take up the gauntlet.

26. Cerda interviewed those named in his testimony, including Wally Fuentes Morrison, and then threw down the gauntlet to Pinochet.

27. They recognized that some of their objectives could be reached by administrative action without running the gauntlet of the legislative process.

28. Their budgets are closely controlled by Congress and any departmental legislative proposals will have to run the gauntlet of Congressional scrutiny.

29. So it was rather a question of running the gauntlet when passing over the Sayers' land.

30. There's a long waiting list and those who get there have to run a gauntlet, which not all survive.