confront
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As New York continues to confront challenges around education access, affordability and inequality, the visit highlighted how local leadership and national political figures intersect, often in ways that extend beyond the immediate setting.
From Salon • Apr. 19, 2026
How will this government and its successors, and society at large, confront the choices a more muscular defence posture will demand?
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026
"What is the US Navy going to do? They're not going to confront Chinese, Indian and Pakistani merchant ships" loading in Iranian ports, he said.
From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026
To confront the world’s suffering, we must reframe how we turn away—not to ignore, but to think, feel and act.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026
Ms. Durr was determined to confront injustice well into her nineties.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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The Bill of Rights
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"Everyday Use" by Alice Walker
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Twelve Days in May
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