confrontation
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The streamer noted he didn’t touch the Vulins during the interview or attempt to fight back after the confrontation started to get physical.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
The political, economic and military considerations that discourage a prolonged confrontation in the Persian Gulf are still applicable and other more supportive drivers are coming into view, they add.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 27, 2026
Sentencing Williams, Recorder Angharad Price said she recognised he had "heightened fear and vigilance" following the earlier confrontation with poachers.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
It is, admittedly, hard to reconcile the fact that something so unambiguously tasteless has provoked this confrontation.
From Slate • Apr. 13, 2026
Perhaps most significantly, this great wave of 'rediscovered’ older music was being offered to the public just as modern music was embarking upon a journey towards greater difficulty, confrontation and experimentation.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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