confrontation
Example Sentences
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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
But the campaign has not been without confrontation - notably between Pashinyan and displaced Karabakh Armenians.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
The man who shoved Kelver and who allegedly initiated the confrontation, known only as “S. Durham,” has not been charged.
From Slate • Jun. 4, 2026
But veterans in the division — who were shocked by the confrontation — took it as a sign that he was ready to leave the program.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026
And like Ogorodnik, Tolkachev had actually been arrested by the KGB long before the confrontation with Stombaugh on the streets of Moscow.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
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