confrontation
Example Sentences
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A harsh confrontation between mother and child usually rests on the foundation that they already know and love each other.
From Los Angeles Times
Others see in a confrontation with the U.S. an opportunity.
From Los Angeles Times
The U.S. is the only power that can halt this confrontation.
A broader confrontation could produce outcomes neither side intends.
From BBC
He kept reworking the confrontation scene between Salieri and Mozart, the play’s climactic moment in which irony once again gets the better of tragic recognition.
From Los Angeles Times
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