confrontation
Example Sentences
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The reason so many people struggle to say that plainly is because saying it forces a confrontation far larger than this case.
From Slate • May 8, 2026
Since becoming the first US-born pope a year ago this week, Leo XIV's measured style has given way to a trenchant tone in an ongoing confrontation with US President Donald Trump.
From Barron's • May 6, 2026
The criminal damage case related to a confrontation between Linehan and Brooks in October 2024, outside the Battle of Ideas conference in London.
From BBC • May 1, 2026
When Leath was charged with the murders of her two husbands a decade later, the confrontation with Walker made news again, but amounted to a baffling and salacious sideshow, its significance unclear.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
Cluny had warned them off—he wanted a one-to-one confrontation.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
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