confront
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Oppenheim said as the process rolled out it began to feel like "the only way, maybe, to actually make this is also to have someone kind of confront, you know, their delusions on certain aspects."
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu, in his latest message, has insisted security forces are not under orders to "confront high-school students", only to enforce the law.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
What advice would you give to folks who might feel it’s their moral duty to confront a family member at a gathering like Thanksgiving?
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
It was time for the community to confront the headwinds it was facing, Tanner and his fellow executives told the council.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
I tossed them to her, and then turned to confront a heavier load.
From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken
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She is filming the scene in a busy Baghdad street on her phone, and the camera captures him resisting her attempts to open the door as she confronts him.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
A musical prodigy turned small-town piano teacher confronts a figure out of her past and revisits her memories of a performing career gone wrong.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
Brammall reflected on his busy year personally and professionally, including how being a new dad helped him access what his “Last Seen” character confronts and whether he’s up for a big action role next.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
These are problems farmer Ashish Gupta confronts daily on his smallholding in India's Himachal Pradesh, which he farms as part of a cooperative.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
However, the recent development of resistance to these insecticides confronts the exterminators with the problem of where to go next.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that his country had "some difficulties... about Starlink and about intelligence" as it confronted Russian attacks on Wednesday.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
Ethologists, who study animal behavior, have confronted this problem for decades.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
The actuator bottleneck Cardenas has warned against is being confronted industry-wide in the U.S.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026
The affidavit identifies the woman with the initials “JK” and alleges the dispute broke out on the morning of Aug. 28 after Ross confronted the woman about being tagged in an Instagram photo.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Stolidly he munched away as he confronted the problem.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
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Together, we must strengthen an alliance capable of confronting threats of our age.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
In a place filled with people confronting the challenge of rebuilding their lives, the lyrics of one particular song were a reverie.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
"He didn't have a problem confronting much more experienced researchers."
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
Ashok Khemka became nationally known after intervening in a controversial land transaction in 2012, while police officer Neeraj Jadaun was praised for confronting a mob during deadly religious violence in Delhi in 2020.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
Prior to the Clutter mystery, the four cases cited were the sum of Dewey’s experience with murder, and measured against the case confronting him, were as squalls preceding a hurricane.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
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