confrontation
Example Sentences
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The confrontation is over a lock that any adversary can pick.
Although it already felt miles away, the confrontation with Elliot and the letter were taking up all my available brain space.
From Literature
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He then returned and became involved in a confrontation.
From BBC
Such scenes of devastation are fresh in the memories of all Israelis, but particularly residents of the Tel Aviv area, which was badly hit during the previous confrontation between the two arch-foes last June.
From Barron's
But a New York City Department of Investigation report found the SRG’s tactics during the protests “may have unnecessarily provoked confrontations between police and protesters.”
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