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confront

[kuhn-fruhnt] / kənˈfrʌnt /


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Investors are likely to confront challenges from the latest inflation reading and the SpaceX IPO in the days ahead.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

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

Since Thomas's death, his father has become an advocate for change, urging more rigorous legislation to confront online spaces that guide people toward harm.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

Klaus had tried to confront Olaf with knowledge he’d learned in Justice Strauss’s library and failed.

From "The Bad Beginning" by Lemony Snicket




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