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be confronted by

VERB

face

Synonyms

STRONGEST

allow challenge confront deal with encounter endure experience fight meet oppose risk run into suffer take

STRONG

abide accost affront bear beard brace brave brook contend countenance court cross dare defy eyeball resist stand stomach submit sustain swallow tolerate venture withstand

WEAK

bit the bullet cope with fly in face of go up against grapple with make a stand square off take it take on take the bull by the horns tell off

Antonyms

STRONGEST

aid assist avoid disallow discontinue dodge help hold keep refuse reject support surrender yield

STRONG

disapprove evade give in give up halt hide ignore leave resist shun stop veto

WEAK

back retreat run withdraw

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Starmer said "any adversary must know that in a crisis they could be confronted by our combined strength" alongside France.

From Barron's • Feb. 14, 2026

In a Season 7 episode, Frasier hires Mary Thomas, played by Kim Coles, to be a temporary call screener through a program called Second Start, only to be confronted by his own racial hang-ups.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2023

An earnest anti-war ballad, Remo Forrer's song follows two childhood friends who used to play army games in the back garden; only to be confronted by the horrors of war as grown-ups.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2023

It's another to be confronted by data that proves it.

From Salon • Dec. 16, 2022

Really, Mr Stevens, I can just imagine your face if you were to be confronted by them now.

From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro

be confronted by

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