confronting

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Farms Golf Club said in a statement to the golf magazine that it conducted a thorough investigation before confronting Mickelson and stood by its decision to end his membership.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026

“If you talk to old-timers who fought this thing in the ’50s and ’60s, they talk about it like it was Vietnam: They are having flashbacks to confronting this horror.”

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026

A video widely circulated online showed a number of people, including one wielding a hurling stick, confronting the apparent attacker until the police arrived.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

More people are becoming parents at older ages, and they are confronting a new and often surprising financial reality.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

At the moment—March 1893—the greatest inconvenience confronting Holmes was his lack of help.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson