confront
Example Sentences
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Sodais said he was confronted by his local mullah, or Muslim clergy leader, in 2015 for working with Western armed forces.
From Los Angeles Times
He watched from inside an SUV as a neighbor, who asked to be identified only as Valerie T., confronted the agents.
From Los Angeles Times
David Ossip, president of the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies, said moves to ban "intifada" chants was a "watershed moment" in confronting hate and incitement.
From BBC
Some producers argue that the industry must confront its own excesses.
From Barron's
Young was sympathetic to the idea that the province has to confront the ramifications of seizing land from the area’s original indigenous occupants.
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