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confront

[kuhn-fruhnt] / kənˈfrʌnt /


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The tour comes as Britain faces pressure to confront uglier parts of its history, namely its central role in chattel slavery.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

Let’s use this moment to confront a culture that disbelieves children, blames victims, and protects those who abuse them—and demand better from our politicians, our institutions, and ourselves.

From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2026

Rather than confront the employees, Boina decided to close the studio.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

Executive education programs are flourishing as business leaders confront an AI landscape they couldn’t have imagined when they were last in a classroom.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

That my walk across London ended at the church on Clapham Common, and that a cowardly Briony limped back to the hospital, unable to confront her recently bereaved sister.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

Margaret confronts the principal and tells him that Carrie was rattled by the drill and that the whole exercise is traumatizing to students.

From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026

Quentin Fottrell confronts one 60-year-old reader’s dilemma: He wants to retire, and his wife says the couple can’t afford it.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026

But Polanski now confronts the greatest crisis of his leadership so far.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

An epic hero does not scorn death; he appreciates its gravity and confronts it anyway.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

After Brandon can no longer deny that he is the one in the tape, his friend Justin confronts him with the theory that he orchestrated the whole episode as an elaborate subterfuge.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove

Americans who have gotten used to a labor market always expanding are going to be confronted by a new reality.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026

Recalling how he rushed to the site of the crash, Fernandez said he was confronted with "an image of desolation, despair, uncertainty, death".

From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026

Bill Helman and I confronted this accounting problem when we founded Equal Opportunity Ventures in 2019 to invest in businesses that expand economic opportunity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

Sources close to Meghan told the BBC that she confronted her father about the allegations, told him authorities were aware of them and said she would never contact him again.

From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2026

Prior to the Bostick decision, a number of lower courts had found absurd the notion that “reasonable people” would feel empowered to refuse to answer questions when confronted by the police.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

"The King will not shy away from confronting the most shameful aspects of the past during this visit," a palace spokesperson said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 31, 2026

The economic pressures confronting the Fed are unusual.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

The White House is confronting a familiar dilemma.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

When study participants were asked to report on their experiences confronting other people, nearly 72% had heard a denial, attack, and reversal of victim and offender.

From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2026

The images on its sides, including the one of Anansi and Nyame confronting the Maafa, were barely visible.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia


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