confrontation
Example Sentences
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Faced with the twin challenges of managing protests and containing cartel networks, regional authorities are choosing deterrence over confrontation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
With neither side willing to back down, a new confrontation over Lebanon appears to be a matter of time.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
The case pitted McGlockton’s right to defend his family from a threatening stranger against Drejka’s right to initiate a confrontation over a parking spot and then to mete out justice according to his own whim.
From Slate • Jun. 4, 2026
In the spring of 2021, a 25-year-old man was summoned to help a friend in a confrontation at a low-income housing development in Middletown, Connecticut.
From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026
The story I think back on the most is the one from the conclusion: the tale of blind auditions and Abbie Conant’s confrontation with the Munich Philharmonic.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
Vocabulary lists containing confrontation
The Watsons Go to Birmingham
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