confrontation
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In the spring of 2021, a 25-year-old man was summoned to help a friend in a confrontation at a low-income housing development in Middletown, Connecticut.
From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026
Was it a confrontation between McArthur’s mom and a club stalwart at the Fourth of July parade?
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
Its excessive confrontation was also driving important trading partners in the region, such as South Korea, the Philippines and Vietnam, closer to Washington.
From BBC • May 20, 2026
Some candidate narratives also push back on the article’s suggestion that voters have little appetite for ideological confrontation.
From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2026
I had a sense of foreboding much like the one that had suffused so many of my days at Sing Sing—a feeling of imminent confrontation, of badness just ahead.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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