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confrontation

noun as in conflict

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The Taiwanese boats also have water cannon and a 20-millimetre static machine gun, but are careful to avoid a confrontation that "could lead to unimaginable consequences", Huang said.

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In court filings, prosecutors said there was no justification for Bohm to be driving that fast and no proof there was a road rage confrontation.

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The scene mirrors others across the country as immigration agents confront protesters and people recording, and local police are drawn into the confrontations.

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Some kind of confrontation appeared increasingly likely in the run-up to the Oct.

Yoon and others "conspired to create conditions that would allow the declaration of emergency martial law, thereby increasing the risk of inter-Korean armed confrontation and harming public military interests," said Park.

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