faced
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Faced with significant price inflation under these circumstances, central banks would start hiking rates.
From Barron's • May 1, 2026
Faced with dramatic federal funding cuts, the county supervisors are putting a half-cent sales tax on the ballot.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
Forty-four years after the attack, he said, justice could finally be served: "Faced with anti-Semitism and terrorism, France never forgets and never gives up."
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026
Faced with a $3 million deficit, South Hadley’s elected selectboard put two override questions on the ballot—one for $9 million, one for $11 million.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026
Faced with the dingy, familiar courtyard, all the eager hopes of the day vanished beneath a torrent of blackest fear.
From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
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