confront
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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
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
When children start going missing, the island is forced to confront its own complex history.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 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
And even supposing he somehow managed to cross the desert, there would still be the Cusp to confront: the mountain of white glass said in legend to be the funeral pyre of demons.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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
In “Exit the King,” he confronts the insupportable reality of death with the same madcap delirium of his better known works, such as “The Bald Soprano,” “The Chairs” and “Rhinoceros.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2026
And now Sir Keir confronts the most awkward and painful of days – beginning with the most awkward and painful of meetings.
From BBC ● May 12, 2026
An old homeless man confronts me quietly with his beard, his missing teeth, and his poverty.
From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak
It wasn't until 2022 when she had grief counselling that she confronted what had happened.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
When he confronted her on this, he says she became angry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 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
He could not make a sound, confronted by Zau’s back.
From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
The software giant is confronting the AI tide by shaking itself up before someone else does.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
That’s the mindset Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is now confronting as he faces an all-out trade war with Trump.
From Salon ● Aug. 25, 2026
Footage played during the trial showed Glover confronting officers, filming them on his phone.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
The challenge confronting Social Security has been obvious for several decades.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
The villages had militias, Vann explained, but they tended to avoid confronting the Viet Cong.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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