confrontation
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Only in the final act does Scott bring Washington and Crowe together and the confrontation we’ve waited for turns out to be two formidable men sitting across a table, sizing each other up.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
Ulchi Freedom Shield is designed to sharpen South Korea’s ability to deal with a military confrontation with North Korea.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
After several hours of noisy confrontation, the Orthodox protesters left, with plans to fight their battle again next Saturday.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
Eight years earlier, in February 2018, just a few miles from where Powers and his friend initiated their confrontation, 31-year-old Dominic Jerome “D.J.”
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
This was toeing the line of confrontation land, and I was completely out of my element.
From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon
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Sheinbaum said fences will be installed to prevent confrontations between police and protesters in the Zócalo.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026
The dispute marks one of the sharpest confrontations between the two countries in decades and reflects growing displeasure inside the Mexican government over what officials view as escalating U.S. demands.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 6, 2026
In Los Angeles, a former MTV personality is running a mayoral campaign built around TMZ confrontations.
From Salon ● May 18, 2026
In his post, Gargash said that the UAE had not sought the war and had worked to avoid it, saying that "Arab-Iranian relations in the Gulf cannot be built on confrontations and conflicts".
From BBC ● May 13, 2026
There had been tearful confrontations in the laundry room, over the folded sheets.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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