confront
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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
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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
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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
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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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