facing

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It has now officially ended, but it exposed some of the challenges facing officials.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

He described the cost of living situation as the biggest issue facing islanders, and adopted policies put forward by political movement Value Jersey.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

ECB officials may however be nervous about waiting too long to act, especially after facing criticism for moving too slowly to tame the inflation surge in 2022.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne says under a new loan program, Canadian airlines facing “significant financial pressures” from higher fuel prices could access up to C$150 million in financing to alleviate the balance-sheet squeeze.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

Instead, he was “a 36-year-old unshaven woolly-headed Guardsman in wrinkled flight suit and scuffed boots” facing “a cadre of handsome, young Marine officers—the President’s elite fliers: close-cropped, fresh-shaved, immaculate in tailored flight suits, spit-shined boots.”

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone