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The tour comes as Britain faces pressure to confront uglier parts of its history, namely its central role in chattel slavery.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

Let’s use this moment to confront a culture that disbelieves children, blames victims, and protects those who abuse them—and demand better from our politicians, our institutions, and ourselves.

From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2026

“We must regain confidence in ourselves, in our ability to confront and tame the torrent of events bearing down on us,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

Rather than confront the employees, Boina decided to close the studio.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

The tranquil tone he used to confront their new world, their changed circumstances, bewildered her.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Margaret confronts the principal and tells him that Carrie was rattled by the drill and that the whole exercise is traumatizing to students.

From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026

Quentin Fottrell confronts one 60-year-old reader’s dilemma: He wants to retire, and his wife says the couple can’t afford it.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026

But Polanski now confronts the greatest crisis of his leadership so far.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

Yet he confronts the nuanced situation in Europe in facile terms, seemingly unable to perceive shades of gray.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

He confronts police problems and finds new donors.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario

Google’s stock suffered its worst day on record Thursday as investors confronted the reality that a company that has long been a dynamo of growth and profits faces painful trade-offs from the artificial-intelligence transition.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

Americans who have gotten used to a labor market always expanding are going to be confronted by a new reality.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026

Recalling how he rushed to the site of the crash, Fernandez said he was confronted with "an image of desolation, despair, uncertainty, death".

From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026

Eventually, the complaints became sufficiently widespread that Instacart did what corporations increasingly do when confronted with an inconvenient internet phenomenon: It made the phenomenon into an advertisement.

From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2026

And it was more than a year before I understood what should have been immediately apparent: that my mother had not confronted my father, and my father had not confronted Shawn.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

The confrontation between the two lasts only a split second, because the man with the dogs steps back after tossing the canister, and the agent confronting him lets up.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

Brosnan's Conrad is impulsive yet vulnerable, confronting his own mortality after receiving a brain condition diagnosis.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

The economic pressures confronting the Fed are unusual.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

When study participants were asked to report on their experiences confronting other people, nearly 72% had heard a denial, attack, and reversal of victim and offender.

From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2026

Not only were the sides confronting each other, the person at the center of the whole thing was Mary Jane, Reggie’s mom.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel