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Even after children reach adulthood, parents may continue to see them as needing protection, rather than as capable of confronting difficult truths.

From Slate Sep. 11, 2026

Around the same time, she sent the email confronting Epstein.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 5, 2026

For all of California’s strides to protect people in fire zones, it has largely avoided confronting a deeper question: Should people be free to build there in the first place?

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 30, 2026

The software giant is confronting the AI tide by shaking itself up before someone else does.

From Barron's Aug. 26, 2026

No one felt like confronting the old lady just yet.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan




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