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confronted

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These injustices need to be confronted and bipartisan reforms like body cameras on cops enacted.

Last week, property owners were beaten by security guards as they confronted a real-estate developer who defrauded them.

When Hitler became chancellor on Jan. 30, 1933, Hildebrand was confronted with a choice: Would he remain in Nazi Germany?

With each interview, I was confronted with my own lack of education on the regulations already in place in the U.S.

Just days before his resignation, Driscoll had been confronted with the results of the investigation by church elders.

In a few minutes the native troops found themselves confronted by the 81st and the two batteries of artillery.

He could have struck his friend and partner to the earth, and trod him there to death, as he confronted and upbraided him.

Gwynne's mind seemed to darken until only one luminous point confronted it, the visible tormented soul of his kinsman.

He faced his loss with stoical fortitude, as I believe he would have confronted any disaster that life could bring.

She smiled the pitying smile of one equipped with superior knowledge when confronted with an obstinate, uninformed mind.

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On this page you'll find 32 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to confronted, such as: defy, resist, accost, repel, oppose, and meet.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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