Sentence examples for The sharpest challenge from inspiring English sources

But he now faces the sharpest challenge of all the Reagan era nominees.

Adopted in March, the law was the sharpest challenge yet to the standard set by the Supreme Court.

This week's demonstrations have been the sharpest challenge to the king's rule since the start of the Arab Spring revolts.

The law, the sharpest challenge yet to Roe v. Wade, was passed by the newly Republican-controlled legislature over the veto of Gov. Mike Beebe, a Democrat, who called it "blatantly unconstitutional".

HOUSTON — In the sharpest challenge yet to the surge in flaring of natural gas in the Bakken shale oil field, North Dakota mineral owners this week filed 10 class-action lawsuits seeking millions of dollars in lost royalties from some of the nation's largest oil companies.

Set off by the sentencing of 21 Port Said soccer fans to death, the rioting was the sharpest challenge yet to the efforts of Egypt's new Islamist rulers to re-establish order after the two years of turmoil that have followed the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak, Egypt's autocratic president.

Thousands of Libyan protesters defied threats of violence and arrest in several cities on Thursday, mounting one of the sharpest challenges to Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi's 40-year rule in a "day of rage" modeled on the uprisings coursing through neighboring countries.

In his sharpest challenge yet to South Africa's powerful trade unions, President Thabo Mbeki vowed today to relax restrictive labor laws, speed the pace of privatization and reduce spending in the bloated public sector.

But they also represent the vanguard of a sharp challenge to the nation's widening economic divide and the declining standard of living among the majority of Americans.

He warned on Sunday that the government is facing a "sharp challenge" in the face of the Brexit vote, but indicated that there would be some limited relief for those who are struggling.

At the same time, the book posed a sharp challenge to environmental groups and many scientists who have long spoken of looming ecological and climatic catastrophes that have yet to materialize.