confrontation
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The moment makes perfect psychological and dramatic sense, but the confrontation needs a few more beats than Daniel allows.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
What sets “Go” apart from much of the writing about the Beats is its clear-eyed confrontation with the downside of hellbent freedom—the hangovers, the chaos, the destructive relationships.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
The confrontation on Saturday took place in a town near Hebron that has been recently surrounded by settlers.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
Hallaq's uncle, also named Mohammed Hallaq, told AFP that his nephew was killed by a stray bullet during a confrontation between the army patrol and a group of older youths.
From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026
This confrontation has given me strength, it’s made me more determined.
From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins
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That transformation has surprised many within academy football, where stories persist of fierce rivalries between the two clubs, heated confrontations behind the scenes and intense celebrations after victories at lower age-group levels.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
A graduation photo ended Ipswich’s playoff run, sparking outrage, confrontations and a ‘CSI-level investigation.’
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026
He previously served as Mexico’s security minister, helping implement former President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s controversial “hugs, not bullets” strategy, which emphasized addressing the root causes of crime instead of military confrontations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2026
In Los Angeles, a former MTV personality is running a mayoral campaign built around TMZ confrontations.
From Salon ● May 18, 2026
Dimple was excellent at arguing with Mamma, but when it came to confrontations with other people, her backbone somehow became jellylike.
From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon
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