confront
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Vote Safe organizers stress that their own volunteers will be unarmed and nonpartisan, and say their purpose is not to confront officials but to provide a familiar presence and record what happens.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
Ritual compels us to confront our losses and integrate them into our lives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
What advice would you give to folks who might feel it’s their moral duty to confront a family member at a gathering like Thanksgiving?
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
But the president has never had to confront a prop that has stopped cooperating.
From Salon ● Oct. 6, 2026
“Don’t worry, I don’t plan to confront him.”
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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She is filming the scene in a busy Baghdad street on her phone, and the camera captures him resisting her attempts to open the door as she confronts him.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
Graham’s high-minded simplicity as he confronts this dilemma is among the novel’s weaker points.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
Brammall reflected on his busy year personally and professionally, including how being a new dad helped him access what his “Last Seen” character confronts and whether he’s up for a big action role next.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
These are problems farmer Ashish Gupta confronts daily on his smallholding in India's Himachal Pradesh, which he farms as part of a cooperative.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
What confronts us, now the excitement’s over, is our own failure.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that his country had "some difficulties... about Starlink and about intelligence" as it confronted Russian attacks on Wednesday.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
"We commemorate the victims, we share their pain," he said, adding that antisemitism must be confronted with "even greater resolve".
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
In the parking lot afterward, students confronted him.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
The actuator bottleneck Cardenas has warned against is being confronted industry-wide in the U.S.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026
I knew that if Tyler confronted my parents—really confronted them—they would force him to choose between me and them, between me and the rest of the family.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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Hospitals are filled with people confronting these questions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
Jeremy Allen White finds the power of social media frightening -- an anxiety he's now confronting in his latest film.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
In a place filled with people confronting the challenge of rebuilding their lives, the lyrics of one particular song were a reverie.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
Gatting was furious, confronting the official in footage that has been replayed over and over.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
She said she didn’t want to be there, talking to Terryl, dealing with it, confronting her husband.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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