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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Recent Examples of confront
At one point, a man who appears to be Cano approaches the DJ’s console to confront him.
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Natalia Cano, Billboard, 13 Aug. 2025
Nearly 400 officers waited more than 70 minutes before confronting the gunman in a classroom filled with dead and wounded children and teachers.
—Jim Vertuno and John Seewer The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 13 Aug. 2025
The proud, resilient German Jewish community shared new concerns about antisemitism that has been so powerfully condemned and confronted by German law, policy, and institutions since the rebirth of Germany’s 1949 constitution.
—Susan Greene Pallot, Sun Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2025
The suspect allegedly confronted a female employee before attacking Assad and Mohammad with a box cutter, the outlet said.
—Raven Brunner, People.com, 3 Aug. 2025
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Natalia Cano, Billboard, 13 Aug. 2025
Nearly 400 officers waited more than 70 minutes before confronting the gunman in a classroom filled with dead and wounded children and teachers.
—Jim Vertuno and John Seewer The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 13 Aug. 2025
The proud, resilient German Jewish community shared new concerns about antisemitism that has been so powerfully condemned and confronted by German law, policy, and institutions since the rebirth of Germany’s 1949 constitution.
—Susan Greene Pallot, Sun Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2025
The suspect allegedly confronted a female employee before attacking Assad and Mohammad with a box cutter, the outlet said.
—Raven Brunner, People.com, 3 Aug. 2025
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The tech outage impacting United’s flights comes just two weeks after Alaska Airlines faced a similar issue, which forced it to ground its entire fleet for three hours.—
Siladitya Ray,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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By the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s, some areas of medicine, such as psychiatry, would face increasing criticism, including from social movements representing women and LGBT people.—
Time,
Time,
7 Aug. 2025
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“Confront.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/confront. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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