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confront

[kuhn-fruhnt] / kənˈfrʌnt /


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To appreciate just how complex that relationship can be, consider the obstacles you confront when trying to construct an econometric model to predict the stock market’s future return.

From MarketWatch Aug. 20, 2026

Yet, because students rarely confront a price at the point of use, they experience consumption without consequence or even comparison.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

Matières Fécales set out to confront a fashion industry they believed was full of excess and waste.

From Salon Aug. 9, 2026

Woodward only found out when his girlfriend at the time, who lived overseas, called to confront him and end their relationship.

From BBC Aug. 5, 2026

They would have to confront and convert their father, and comfort him in his rage and disappointment.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

Carl Wilson reviews “Lost Weekend” and the ways it confronts grief, new love, and sudden fame.

From Slate Aug. 14, 2026

Along with questioning social and sexual taboos, feminism and acts of aggression, Ono also confronts her own issues with ego from a Buddhist perspective, just as Cage had.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 21, 2026

Such behavior has grown more troubling as China confronts economic problems ranging from sluggish demand to a depressed property market.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 28, 2026

The prime minister's friends continue to emphasise Sir Keir Starmer's determination, while acknowledging the brutal political reality he confronts – particularly if Burnham wins in Makerfield later this month.

From BBC Jun. 5, 2026

Sooner or later, everyone who studies the Inka confronts this question.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

But once she’s confronted by spectral figures in her nightmares, she starts to wonder if something supernatural is going on.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 21, 2026

Another man believed to be the father, walking back to the table, confronted the elderly man.

From BBC Aug. 17, 2026

But when confronted with these headlines in August, the energy market barely flinched.

From MarketWatch Aug. 16, 2026

The child of South Korean immigrants, she has confronted the high cost of college — she was once forced to drop out to find work — and has experienced financial hardship.

From Salon Aug. 13, 2026

Passing through the station’s doors, I was confronted by the stunning sight of the Fair’s forecourt.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

Footage played during the trial showed Glover confronting officers, filming them on his phone.

From BBC Aug. 19, 2026

Blaming a mysterious generation that simply doesn’t like alcohol is a much easier story than confronting rising prices, changing consumer behavior or whether people still feel they’re getting enough value from a night out.

From Salon Aug. 15, 2026

Western Europe, which had been remarkably relaxed about the siege as it was happening, found itself confronting an enemy much more formidable than before.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

And a growing number of students are confronting that compromise at an earlier age.

From MarketWatch Aug. 4, 2026

Prominent politicians made the pilgrimage to meet with the former president and Father of the Constitution, seeking his advice on the major issues confronting the nation.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis




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