confrontational
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My sense is that some Michigan voters appreciate El-Sayed’s confrontational rhetorical style, while others find it overly aggressive.
From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2026
Both explored confrontational, edge-to-edge compositions—Krasner, in her “Little Image” paintings; Pollock, in his first pours and drips.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
Dale Richardson, a police fraud protect officer, encourages families to be "curious but not confrontational".
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
She was never above criticism; financial television has long been too cozy with the executives it covers and too allergic to the kind of confrontational reporting that treats CEOs as accountable public actors.
From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2026
They sought to cut all links with Indian activists and to move the ANC in the direction of a more confrontational strategy.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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