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Escalating fears over energy prices and inflation drove the 10-year yield above 5% Monday, a pivotal milestone that is forcing investors to confront whether the bond market is entering a new era.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

It took her 18 years to fully confront Apted over his questioning.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

Were my parents trying to spare me, as a young child, from learning about human atrocity, or was the Holocaust, and the damage it had done to our family, too difficult for them to confront?

From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2026

The Himalayan nation has limited resources to confront destruction on such a scale, and the disaster is stark warning of the dangerous fragility of its mountain environment in a rapidly heating world.

From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026

To confront that kind of energy day in and day out was mentally and emotionally exhausting, and now my mother could see it on my face.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad

And unless she confronts him, these judgments will live in her mind unchallenged.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

These are problems farmer Ashish Gupta confronts daily on his smallholding in India's Himachal Pradesh, which he farms as part of a cooperative.

From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026

Carl Wilson reviews “Lost Weekend” and the ways it confronts grief, new love, and sudden fame.

From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026

Observing Sir Keir over the last two years as prime minister, he has always sought to point out publicly the brutal trade-offs he confronts.

From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026

However, the recent development of resistance to these insecticides confronts the exterminators with the problem of where to go next.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

Ultimately, the hearing was postponed after Davis was confronted about his decision to go on a podcast dubbed “The Lighter Side of Serial Killers.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026

"When confronted by hate, our response must be to increase our love of community, of decency, of fairness, of family," he added.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

Once they moved in, they were confronted with the challenge of living in an old house with high-tech amenities, like smart home technology controlled by an app, or how to open the entry gate.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026

She also confronted the practical consequences of putting a new federal voting regime into place weeks before an election.

From Slate ● Aug. 31, 2026

With that, he left her and confronted the noble bully and his horde.

From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin

Now that the euphoria of that moment has passed, the CJP is confronting more difficult questions - not least how to hold on to the attention it captured.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

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

Abdullah, a longtime security guard, was praised for his heroic actions confronting the shooters and giving others time to flee.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026

When Jean Louise felt apprehensive, expectant, or on edge, especially when confronting her aunt, her brain clicked to the meter of Gilbertian tomfoolery.

From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee