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That conclusion makes sense, but it raises a question that the Supreme Court may have to confront: Which state’s criminal code is the one that counts?

From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2026

Men, in particular, must challenge sexism, confront abusive behaviour and help create a culture where every woman and girl can live free from violence, abuse and fear.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

America’s greatest achievements have always required us to confront difficult problems without letting them become excuses for inaction.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

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

I can’t very well confront her with her carelessness, her sarcasm and her hard-heartedness, yet I can’t continue to take the blame for everything.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank

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

From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026

There he confronts not the harsh physical challenges of the prior books—“Heaven and Hell” and “The Sorrow of Angels”—but adult problems of love and responsibility.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 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

Judges praised the "originality, innovation, ambition" of Jolly's work which "confronts a topic of immense complexity in a gripping tour de force".

From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026

I couldn’t really tell you what set it off, but I think it stems from my cowardice, which confronts me at every turn.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank

And where Amanda, confronted with a case that bears the well-publicized trademarks of the Whisper Man—as well as details never revealed in the press—is forced to go to the recalcitrant Pete for help.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 16, 2026

When reporters confronted Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. with these facts, he responded that such criticisms were “invalid” and that the cyclosporiasis outbreak was “under control.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 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

And it was more than a year before I understood what should have been immediately apparent: that my mother had not confronted my father, and my father had not confronted Shawn.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

The software giant is confronting the AI tide by shaking itself up before someone else does.

From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026

“Right now, we are not preparing for it. I don’t see evidence that leaders, experts and communities are confronting the challenges adequately.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 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

Jett almost went to Monroe because of the Vikings’ passing attack, but he remembers Marsh confronting him.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026

At the foot of every bed, confronting its moribund occupant, was a television box.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley