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 her father at his job about what’s going unsaid regarding Uncle Fred, however, goes nowhere.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 7, 2025

Confronting their joy, once I have settled my wits, I am sure I shall feel joy in sympathy; Bono would do so for me.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson