confronted
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That’s what happened on Saturday when a heckler confronted Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee for U.S.
From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2026
In Paris, police fired a water cannon and teargas after hundreds of protesters, most wearing face masks and some setting off fireworks, confronted them at several locations, AFP reporters saw.
From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026
This presents a challenge for a man who confronted generations of skeptics long before the advent of the iPhone.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
One key objection was the mature tone of the narrative, in which the child protagonist is directly confronted and endangered by the evils derived from fascist ideologies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
And so Figan confronted the much bigger Humphrey only when Faben was in the same group.
From "My Life with the Chimpanzees" by Jane Goodall
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