confront
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Mr. O’Connor’s involving novel, which continues into the 1970s, is about the inadequacy of the psychoanalytic practice to confront the collective psychosis of 20th-century history.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026
The next blockbuster IPOs may force investors to confront an uncomfortable truth: Index investing is not nearly as passive as many assume.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026
Three questions confront American capitalism at this crossroads, the resolution of which will shape the lives of future generations.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026
A group of about five or six people jumped out to confront them.
From Barron's • May 21, 2026
In part, the bonding occurred because the correspondence of their twilight years permitted both sages to confront and argue out their different notions of the history they had lived and made together.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
Vocabulary lists containing confront
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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