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confront

[kuhn-fruhnt] / kənˈfrʌnt /


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King Charles III will confront "shameful aspects" of UK history with "unflinching honesty" when he addresses Commonwealth leaders next week, Buckingham Palace said Saturday, amid renewed scrutiny of Britain's role in historical transatlantic slavery.

From Barron's ● Oct. 31, 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

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

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

Executive education programs are flourishing as business leaders confront an AI landscape they couldn’t have imagined when they were last in a classroom.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

That was the Adams pattern: first to deny his political ambitions, much like Jefferson; then to confront them, feel guilty about them, fidget over them; then grudgingly admit they were part of who he was.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

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

She is filming the scene in a busy Baghdad street on her phone, and the camera captures him resisting her attempts to open the door as she confronts him.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

Answering it confronts investors with some very different considerations than what goes into buying stocks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

He confronts police problems and finds new donors.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario

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

Some directly confronted the brothers, who sat at the defense tables in tan jail garb with their ankles shackled.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 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

“It’s gone, Uncle Jet. You confronted it with the ceremony and got rid of it.”

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young

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

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

French households are suddenly confronting the bill for past state efforts to soften inflation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

The villages had militias, Vann explained, but they tended to avoid confronting the Viet Cong.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin


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