1. To do that, however, they must run a gantlet of seismic and magnetic sensors buried along the border.

2. The jury ran a gantlet through spectators to get in the courthouse.

3. While some recent graduates find success, many are worn down by a gantlet of challenges and disappointments.

4. Every desperately needed reform I can think of, from controlling greenhouse gases to restoring fiscal balance, will have to run the same gantlet of lobbying and lies.

5. If eggs survive coons, skunks, and moles, hatchlings must still run a gantlet of crows, bullfrogs , and snakes.

6. As we enter what is sure to be a long period of uncertainty—a gantlet of lost jobs, dwindling assets, home foreclosures and two continuing wars—the downside of stress is certainly worth exploring.

7. Manatees struggle for survival as the result of a gantlet of threats, from watercraft strikes to toxins in the water.

8. Associated Press photographer Noel and two men attempted to run the gantlet in a jeep and were captured.

9. Even if all this gets sorted out, there's a further gantlet of mind-numbing insurance requirements.

10. Part of the problem is that the rules of engagement put travelers through an exhausting gantlet of museums, monuments and jade shops with little free time to rub elbows with the locals.