gantlet
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- To offer or accept a challenge
- A glove of armored leather; protects the hand
- A glove with long sleeve
- The convergence of two parallel railroad tracks in a narrow place; the inner rails cross and run parallel and then diverge so a train remains on its own tracks at all times
- A form of punishment in which a person is forced to run between two lines of men facing each other and armed with clubs or whips to beat the victim
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📰 This Word in the News:
Mars Rovers Head for Exciting Landings in January
Dec 2, 2003 NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) (.gov)
Dec 2, 2003 NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) (.gov)
Ferguson One of 2 Missouri Suburbs Sued Over Gantlet of Traffic Fines and Jail (Published 2015)
Feb 8, 2015 The New York Times
Feb 8, 2015 The New York Times
Sri Lanka’s gantlet of grief: Home after modest home turned into makeshift funeral parlors
Apr 22, 2019 The Washington Post
Apr 22, 2019 The Washington Post