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confront

[kuhn-fruhnt] / kənˈfrʌnt /


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Similarly, Amodei called on nations to put aside their differences to confront the “global threat” of AI misuse.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

I understood that it was not culturally acceptable in Russia to confront an older person of authority, so I steeled myself.

From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026

One test will be how they confront antisemitism.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

It took her 18 years to fully confront Apted over his questioning.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

He spun around, rising to his feet, expecting to confront either an attacker or a rodent, but instead saw only a boy cowering behind an overturned desk.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti

Yet he confronts the nuanced situation in Europe in facile terms, seemingly unable to perceive shades of gray.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

But its collapse comes as Congress confronts an even more complex struggle over artificial intelligence.

From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026

Brammall reflected on his busy year personally and professionally, including how being a new dad helped him access what his “Last Seen” character confronts and whether he’s up for a big action role next.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

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

From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026

What confronts us, now the excitement’s over, is our own failure.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood

At a time when other sitcoms occasionally tackled social issues in “very special” episodes and “The Cosby Show” hewed to its namesake star’s dedication to respectability politics, “A Different World” regularly confronted harder topics.

From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2026

It took me a few weeks to get to the bottom of this but, once I confronted him, he was adamant that his routine suited his lifestyle.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

But at a recent meeting of the Oswego County legislators, a sea of constituents confronted them with Lake Ontario shirts, hats and handmade signs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026

After spending five years traveling to and from L.A., the trio found themselves confronted with the possibility of establishing roots on its palm-lined streets.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

Any attempt to take decisive action against slavery in 1790, given all these considerations, confronted great, perhaps impossible, odds.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

Fargeat has described body horror as a “weapon of expression” for confronting the pressures placed on women’s bodies, particularly as they age.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

The 238-page report presents universities as victims of broader cultural forces without confronting their own role in forming them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

Phase 3 also involves confronting the ugly side of life.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026

For Hayes, the Texas event is a chance to hear directly from people confronting the physical consequences of the state’s rapid development.

From Salon ● Sep. 22, 2026

Holding my hand to keep his balance, as trees and bushes made strange, sliding movements in his peripheral vision, Lefty was confronting the possibility that consciousness was a biological accident.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides




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