as in to face
to oppose (something hostile or dangerous) with firmness or courage
you must confront your fear in order to conquer it
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Along the way, each antihero is forced to confront the most unpleasant corners of their mind, and Russell, as an accomplished former hockey player, was eager to disprove anyone who wrote Thunderbolts* off as just another superhero team-up.
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Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 28 Apr. 2025
The difference lies in how the screenplay probes the existential struggles warring inside its characters and confronts their pasts.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 28 Apr. 2025
Here are the four big questions confronting the Panthers — and the early answers to those questions from head coach Dave Canales and general manager Dan Morgan.
—Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 27 Apr. 2025
The 25-year-old cop was confronted by two men on 43rd Ave.
—Roni Jacobson, New York Daily News, 27 Apr. 2025
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Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 28 Apr. 2025
The difference lies in how the screenplay probes the existential struggles warring inside its characters and confronts their pasts.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 28 Apr. 2025
Here are the four big questions confronting the Panthers — and the early answers to those questions from head coach Dave Canales and general manager Dan Morgan.
—Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 27 Apr. 2025
The 25-year-old cop was confronted by two men on 43rd Ave.
—Roni Jacobson, New York Daily News, 27 Apr. 2025
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Consumers face an overall average effective tariff rate of 28%, the highest since 1901, according to the Yale Budget Lab. Need a break?—
Bailey Schulz,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2025
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The agency has faced calls for years to pull other synthetic food dyes derived from petroleum like Red 40, which is largely absent from food in some other countries.—
Paula Cohen,
CBS News,
22 Apr. 2025
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“Confront.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/confront. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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