confront
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It took her 18 years to fully confront Apted over his questioning.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
There is a good chance that even if Sara did confront Scott, he’ll deny at least some of it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 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
For more than seven decades, she helped millions strip away the veils of hierarchy, patriarchy and all the stories spun about gendered expectations to confront the actual experience of women’s lives.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
But he was unwilling to confront President Johnson.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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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
The prime minister's friends continue to emphasise Sir Keir Starmer's determination, while acknowledging the brutal political reality he confronts – particularly if Burnham wins in Makerfield later this month.
From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026
Richemont reported an acceleration in sales growth for its most recent quarter at a time when the luxury industry confronts challenging market conditions due to economic and geopolitical instability.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
As soon as dinner is over, Grandma follows me to my room and confronts me.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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"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
He said he recently confronted a man who lives at the property and accused him of shooting his ostriches, as well.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
The floods are the first major crisis Shah has confronted since being elected in a landslide on a wave of Gen Z discontent earlier this year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
They confronted Bill Hooks at his job and conducted an extensive interview with Tommy Chapman.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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Roger Cook, the state's premier, described the news as a "very confronting situation".
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 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
Stock investors have been grappling with the spillovers from the bond market turmoil while confronting a wall of worry built on sticky inflation, war-fueled rising oil prices and Fed interest-rate uncertainty.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
Pelley was shown the door with cause after confronting management at a June 1 meeting.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
African Americans, largely excluded from this new industry, found themselves confronting new economic challenges even as they won basic civil rights.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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