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However, with his nuanced unraveling of sometimes dauntingly tangled ideas and his always crisp prose he avoids the pitfalls of oversimplification and excessive detail.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Budget constraints and dauntingly high NHS waiting lists make her job even harder.

From BBC • Aug. 2, 2024

Standing in the way of these plans are not just the dauntingly complex interactions of birds, microbes, and climate, but also mundane challenges.

From Science Magazine • Sep. 26, 2023

It’s not easy to figure out Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s dauntingly ambitious 1987 musical in performance.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 3, 2023

Insofar as the poor have to work near the dwellings of the rich—as in the case of so many service and retail jobs—they are stuck with lengthy commutes or dauntingly expensive housing.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich