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Recent Examples of confront The supernatural encounter forces him to confront deeper truths about urban survival and morality. Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 11 Jan. 2025 People forced to flee their cars on Sunset Boulevard; sparks whipped by 80-mph winds igniting entire streets; firefighters hastening evacuations and confronting literal walls of flame; the smoking shells of homes and businesses. Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2025 If the goal is to confront real threats from China, banning TikTok would be far more effective. Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025 Interview ‘The Idea That Slavery Was a Long Time Ago is Profoundly Untrue’: An Interview with Clint Smith Andru Okun The author of How the Word is Passed on writing through the lens of fatherhood, reckoning with the past and confronting difficult histories, and the beauty that can rise from pain. Max Ufberg, hazlitt.net, 10 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for confront 

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“Confront.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/confront. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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