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Recent Examples of confront Set against a backdrop of music, marching bands, and protest, the film uses satire and song to confront colorism, elitism, and classism within the Black community. Okla Jones, Essence, 16 Oct. 2025 Police spoke to a security guard who later told them that a man living out of a Jeep — later identified as Stevenson — had confronted a group of burglars attempting to break into a marijuana dispensary and exchanged gunfire with them. Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025 The ad battle comes on the heels of a rocky moment for Virginia Democrats, who were forced to confront violent text messages their attorney general nominee, Jay Jones, sent in 2022, comments that sparked bipartisan criticism and complicated the party’s message heading into November. Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 16 Oct. 2025 But the playoff run that included his father being banned from games after confronting and taunting Giannis Antetokounmpo and the NBA Finals loss, as well as Haliburton’s Achilles injury during that Finals run, is captured well. Jason Jones, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for confront
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    Michael Wayland, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2025

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“Confront.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/confront. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.

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