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Lawyers for the second woman's onscreen husband said he had challenged details of her account.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

Prosecutors had challenged the acquittal of one of the two people found not guilty, lawyer Lawrence Lau.

From Barron's • Feb. 23, 2026

Abbe Lowell, a lawyer for the defendants who had challenged Habba’s appointment, argued that the government had “jerry-rigged a way to get Ms. Habba to be in power.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 1, 2025

On Monday, after signing the bill, Newsom shouted out “Ezra,” as in Klein, co-author of the recent bestseller Abundance with Derek Thompson, who had challenged Newsom on California land-use policy in a recent interview.

From Slate • Jul. 2, 2025

Who from my old life had challenged me?

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison