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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
confront .
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Examples
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The fight is rumored to have happened when Elin confronted him about the rumored cheating, chasing him out of the home with a golf club.
Tiger Woods Christmas Picture Shows PhotoShopped Tiger Beat Up by Wife 2009
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I also cried a little when Kevin confronted Kitty.
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Last year, she again confronted a crisis of faith when, at 43, she was diagnosed with breast cancer.
For those touched most by 9/11, a turning point in faith 2008
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In this quest, he again confronted Vader, and faked his own death to allow the Skywalkers to escape.
EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - Darth Vader vs YOUNG Obi-Wan 2008
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It was agreed that the underlying problem being confronted is sexism ....
'Trivial Complaints:' The Role of Privacy in Domestic Violence Law and Activism in the U.S. 2008
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In a dream, following his heart attack, he again confronted this yogi in a far more naked chapel.
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Perturbed, Justin confronted the photog and asked why he was watching them eat.
Hollywood Dame » Blog Archive » Justin Timberlake Refused to Watch Britney and Madonna - Video 2008
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Did you here the one where a woman on an Italian train confronted two pickpockets?
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HOYER: Everybody understands, conservatives, moderates, liberals, Republican economists, Democratic economists understand that in the short-term confronted with an economic crisis, that you try to stimulate the economy.
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Those who castigate Pétain for his willingness to give up the struggle — for the sake of what he rather mystically termed "the continued existence of eternal France" — should recognize that the issue he confronted is the most difficult one imaginable for people in power to face (indeed, it's one with which no U.S. statesman has ever been forced to struggle), and that the "right" stance, even the heroic one, is highly contextual.
War Without End 2005
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