confront

His first film in 12 years itches to confront today’s moral limits.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026

McElwee refuses to scrub the truth from his personal histories, choosing instead to confront his own regrets head-on.

From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2026

What the protesters have undeniably shown, he says, is a willingness to confront the state.

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026

Sitting judges arguably have the best informed perspective on this Supreme Court: They must apply its jurisprudence, reconcile its contradictions, and confront the real-world effects of its rulings.

From Slate ● Jul. 17, 2026

Whatever the door concealed, he wanted to confront it bravely—or at least more bravely than he’d handled the Waiting Room.

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart

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

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

“If my kids had to come by and see this, I would like to hear how you would explain to my children what you are supposed to be,” Babb says as he confronts Gamble.

From Slate ● May 4, 2026

He confronts police problems and finds new donors.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario

He confronted the then-president, J. Michael Pressimone, telling him the practice was improper and had to end.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

Called to testify, Franco’s daughter Adriana denied she was ever in a relationship with Quintero, even after Quintero’s lawyer confronted her with photographs of the two arm in arm.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026

"The young men bravely confronted them to defend their homes and lands, which was only natural given the frequency of these attacks," Saifi said.

From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026

Several weeks into the rollout, the lofty goals of the accounts are being confronted by day-to-day realities.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026

As he was taken to the jail in Guthrie, he was confronted by a local reporter.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

Lee says Carl Jung’s explorations of a person’s darker urges, hidden side and projection directly influenced the writing, especially when confronting those aspects in Lee himself.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026

When audiences gathered in ancient Athens to watch plays by Sophocles, they were confronting a shared reality together.

From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026

Rather than controlling the narrative, the party found itself confronting a wave of reels and memes on Instagram and X.

From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026

As Meta Platforms prepares to report second-quarter earnings, the company is confronting a wall of artificial-intelligence pessimism that will be difficult to overcome.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026

The look of people confronting a great tribal loss.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie