Challenge
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Video game reviewer "Yahtzee" Croshaw theorizes that "Challenge" is one third of what makes a good video game, generally speak (the other thirds being Context and Catharsis).
- Gollum in The Hobbit is a downplayed example: he doesn't speak in riddles all the time, but he's more than happy to challenge Bilbo into a game of riddles.
Source: Delighting In Riddles - And I Must Scream: Lambda takes a page from Lelouch's book and tells Blink to never speak for the rest of the Reach challenge.
Source: Roleplay / A Game of Gods
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