Example Sentences

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Confronting today’s slow housing market with policy is a tightrope walk.

From Barron's • Jan. 10, 2026

Confronting shoplifters, he says, is "just a part of working there".

From BBC • Dec. 11, 2025

Confronting the numbers, Newell says, also allows you to get back to the place you remembered from your past, when saving, budgeting and more didn’t feel so overwhelming.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025

Confronting an authoritarian strongman about his war crimes, Mon Mothma’s address to the Galactic Senate sees the future leader of the Rebel Alliance throw down the gauntlet against Emperor Palpatine.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 19, 2025

Confronting Ambrose required no real bravery on my part.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss