confront
Example Sentences
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When confronted with her anger, they physically seize up and stop functioning.
From Los Angeles Times
And every four years, miners confront another halving, an adjustment to the bitcoin blockchain that cuts in half the number of bitcoins that can be unlocked.
Sodais said he was confronted by his local mullah, or Muslim clergy leader, in 2015 for working with Western armed forces.
From Los Angeles Times
He watched from inside an SUV as a neighbor, who asked to be identified only as Valerie T., confronted the agents.
From Los Angeles Times
David Ossip, president of the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies, said moves to ban "intifada" chants was a "watershed moment" in confronting hate and incitement.
From BBC
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