confront

Example Sentences

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Her kids are older, so everything changes and she’s not able to work her ass off the way she used to and she has to confront that.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026

It’s a reality that I was forced to confront after my household income took a serious hit.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026

Israel’s multilayered air-defense system, much of which it developed alongside the U.S., uses different munitions designed to confront different types of threats.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

Teffera added that nations who took part in the slave trade were still reluctant to confront their history and that a proper reckoning is a crucial part of restorative justice.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

Whatever the door concealed, he wanted to confront it bravely—or at least more bravely than he’d handled the Waiting Room.

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart