confrontation

Example Sentences

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The confrontation outside the federal Metropolitan Detention Center came after hours of peaceful “No Kings” demonstrations in downtown Los Angeles and across the county.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 2026

The fatal confrontation reportedly began with disturbances outside a conference at Sciences Po, the highly-regarded French political science institute.

From Salon • Mar. 28, 2026

That approach lowers the stakes of confrontation but reinforces the idea that the primary goal is expression rather than persuasion.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

That can involve confrontation, but more commonly it plays out through choreographed displays - bigger banners, louder drums, more ambitious pyrotechnics than rival groups.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026

It was a confrontation that I had not expected.

From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers