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confront

[kuhn-fruhnt] / kənˈfrʌnt /


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To appreciate just how complex that relationship can be, consider the obstacles you confront when trying to construct an econometric model to predict the stock market’s future return.

From MarketWatch Aug. 20, 2026

Palal alleges that's when Davis and the others in the Cadillac decided to make a U-turn and confront Shakur and Knight.

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

Yet, because students rarely confront a price at the point of use, they experience consumption without consequence or even comparison.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

Matières Fécales set out to confront a fashion industry they believed was full of excess and waste.

From Salon Aug. 9, 2026

Ms. Durr was determined to confront injustice well into her nineties.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

There he confronts not the harsh physical challenges of the prior books—“Heaven and Hell” and “The Sorrow of Angels”—but adult problems of love and responsibility.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

The Hades sequence gets much of its emotional weight from Page, as Sinon confronts Odysseus with the lie that sent him to his death.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 21, 2026

The prime minister's friends continue to emphasise Sir Keir Starmer's determination, while acknowledging the brutal political reality he confronts – particularly if Burnham wins in Makerfield later this month.

From BBC Jun. 5, 2026

“If my kids had to come by and see this, I would like to hear how you would explain to my children what you are supposed to be,” Babb says as he confronts Gamble.

From Slate May 4, 2026

He confronts police problems and finds new donors.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario

When he confronted her on this, he says she became angry.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 22, 2026

There’s an important aspect of specials, the business side of it, that I don’t think enough comics really get to learn until they’re confronted with it.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2026

But when confronted with these headlines in August, the energy market barely flinched.

From MarketWatch Aug. 16, 2026

The child of South Korean immigrants, she has confronted the high cost of college — she was once forced to drop out to find work — and has experienced financial hardship.

From Salon Aug. 13, 2026

Passing through the station’s doors, I was confronted by the stunning sight of the Fair’s forecourt.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

Speaking of AI: Big Tech is confronting a growing backlash that threatens the foundations of the AI boom.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2026

Their experiences offer an insight into a question confronting emerging economies like the Philippines: what happens when AI begins to automate the jobs that helped lift millions of people into the middle classes?

From BBC Aug. 4, 2026

And a growing number of students are confronting that compromise at an earlier age.

From MarketWatch Aug. 4, 2026

Lee says Carl Jung’s explorations of a person’s darker urges, hidden side and projection directly influenced the writing, especially when confronting those aspects in Lee himself.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 3, 2026

But before they could all join battle, Ma Costa herself waded in, smacking two of the gyptians aside and confronting Lyra like a prizefighter.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman




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