confrontation

Example Sentences

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“The alternative I don’t think is one that people want to deal with right now. What we aren’t looking for is massive confrontation, or anything like that.”

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

The confrontation outside the federal Metropolitan Detention Center came after hours of peaceful “No Kings” demonstrations in downtown Los Angeles and across the county.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 2026

The fatal confrontation reportedly began with disturbances outside a conference at Sciences Po, the highly-regarded French political science institute.

From Salon • Mar. 28, 2026

That approach lowers the stakes of confrontation but reinforces the idea that the primary goal is expression rather than persuasion.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

She hadn't told her mother what Lily had said because she must have believed that my father did “have something” for her father if he dared to come up to our house for a confrontation.

From "It All Comes Down to This" by Karen English