Example Sentences

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Confronted by the press, Zohran Mamdani’s tenant czar reportedly breaks down.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026

Confronted with his realistic, blinking, speaking face, she felt “scared … like a little child again.”

From Slate • Dec. 18, 2025

Confronted with what activists decried as a messy resettlement plan and unfair compensation, he and his neighbours were helpless, Damar recalls.

From BBC • Oct. 18, 2025

Confronted with a photo showing them together at a party, he denied that he even knew her.

From Salon • Nov. 19, 2024

Confronted with the new fact—that his company was effectively long $50 billion in triple-B subprime mortgage bonds, masquerading as triple-A-rated diversified pools of consumer loans—Cassano at first sought to rationalize it.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis