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To appreciate just how complex that relationship can be, consider the obstacles you confront when trying to construct an econometric model to predict the stock market’s future return.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026

Yet, because students rarely confront a price at the point of use, they experience consumption without consequence or even comparison.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

Worse were Hong’s attempts to confront her apparent antipathy toward holidays including Thanksgiving, Valentine’s Day, Fourth of July and even Halloween that appeared on her unscrubbed X account.

From Salon ● Aug. 13, 2026

Cunningham hit the ground hard but immediately got up to confront Carrington before team-mates separated them.

From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026

Klaus had tried to confront Olaf with knowledge he’d learned in Justice Strauss’s library and failed.

From "The Bad Beginning" by Lemony Snicket

The Hades sequence gets much of its emotional weight from Page, as Sinon confronts Odysseus with the lie that sent him to his death.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026

Observing Sir Keir over the last two years as prime minister, he has always sought to point out publicly the brutal trade-offs he confronts.

From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026

Such behavior has grown more troubling as China confronts economic problems ranging from sluggish demand to a depressed property market.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026

On “Never Be the Same,” Thompson confronts his resistance to change, whether it be during a relationship or in its aftermath.

From Salon ● May 15, 2026

Sooner or later, everyone who studies the Inka confronts this question.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

But when confronted with these headlines in August, the energy market barely flinched.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 16, 2026

Yet controversy dogs it: The term “virtue signaling” has not entered the common parlance yet, but on U.S. college campuses and elsewhere, Mr. Simon is confronted by protesters accusing him of defying the U.N. ban.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

The child of South Korean immigrants, she has confronted the high cost of college — she was once forced to drop out to find work — and has experienced financial hardship.

From Salon ● Aug. 13, 2026

Wes said that Eric was confronted near the mailbox in front of the house on Crane Street.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

What did I expect her to do when I confronted her?

From "The Benefits of Being an Octopus" by Ann Braden

Blaming a mysterious generation that simply doesn’t like alcohol is a much easier story than confronting rising prices, changing consumer behavior or whether people still feel they’re getting enough value from a night out.

From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026

Their experiences offer an insight into a question confronting emerging economies like the Philippines: what happens when AI begins to automate the jobs that helped lift millions of people into the middle classes?

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026

And a growing number of students are confronting that compromise at an earlier age.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026

The judgment is complicated because the Fed is confronting inflation its analytical apparatus wasn’t built to explain.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

All heads turned toward Lapp, all eyes except Shorty’s assessing him with the dull disdain of macho eyes confronting a little Lord Fauntleroy.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols