confrontation
Example Sentences
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But the campaign has not been without confrontation - notably between Pashinyan and displaced Karabakh Armenians.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
The case pitted McGlockton’s right to defend his family from a threatening stranger against Drejka’s right to initiate a confrontation over a parking spot and then to mete out justice according to his own whim.
From Slate • Jun. 4, 2026
And when the action reaches its combustible Sam Shepardesque climax, Stephanie Kerley Schwartz’s transformed set leaves little room for the confrontation scene that Flynn directs at full throttle.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026
"On the other hand, President Diomaye Faye seems to have come out stronger from this confrontation."
From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026
The story I think back on the most is the one from the conclusion: the tale of blind auditions and Abbie Conant’s confrontation with the Munich Philharmonic.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
Vocabulary lists containing confrontation
The Watsons Go to Birmingham
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