confront
Example Sentences
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As Woodside’s CEO, the engineer was forced to confront a rowdy environmental movement that regularly staged protests at the company’s headquarters in Perth—and targeted her home.
A step inside confronts you with two architectural set pieces in the form of stairs that push in different directions.
By then, she had confronted a spate of other crises — federal immigration raids, a $1-billion budget shortfall, a split with county officials over the region’s approach to homelessness.
From Los Angeles Times
As the first of the dead were laid to rest Wednesday, Jewish Australians said they felt unsafe, angry and frustrated at perceived government foot-dragging in confronting antisemitism.
From Barron's
We need clear legal definitions, specialized policing, mandatory integration frameworks and a willingness to confront cultural practices that conflict with individual rights.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
