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confrontation

[kon-fruhn-tey-shuhn, -fruhn-] / ˌkɒn frənˈteɪ ʃən, -frʌn- /


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“I think that, yes, there was a kind of risk taken by the Iranians, but it doesn’t seem that Iran really wanted to be engaged in a full-scale confrontation with Israel,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

The confrontation did not erupt all at once.

From Salon • Jun. 7, 2026

But the campaign has not been without confrontation - notably between Pashinyan and displaced Karabakh Armenians.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 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

According to Owen, during the ensuing confrontation he asked Woodall point-blank if Deysel’s name was on the permit.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer




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