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- verb Present participle of
confront .
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Examples
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I learned that there can be redemption in confronting pain, that choosing to look without flinching means the possibility for great change.
Lily Blau: The Temple and Tony Kushner: Worshiping Art and the Art of Worship Lily Blau 2010
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In a telephone interview, HRW Horn of Africa Senior Researcher Leslie Lefkow said the aid community has been timid in confronting Ethiopia's government with charges of misusing aid money.
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While the country is making strides in confronting bigotry against gays, African-Americans, Jews and other historically oppressed people, few seem to object when the mentally ill are denigrated.
Robert David Jaffee: Restore Sanity to Conversation on Mentally Ill Robert David Jaffee 2010
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He has denigrated the nature and scope of the constitutional rights to privacy, equal protection and due process as well as federal government's role in confronting injustice.
The Courts 2009
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Confronted with growing multiple threats from the Iranian camp, including anti-aircraft missiles, missiles capable of attacking cities, and the ever-present danger of an Iranian nuclear weapon, the Israeli government would have chosen to forswear increased American diplomatic support, and critical military aid in confronting these threats, in order to avoid a meager two-month additional freeze on settlements.
Steven L. Spiegel: The Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process: How to Turn the Current Mess Into a Success Steven L. Spiegel 2010
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While the country is making strides in confronting bigotry against gays, African-Americans, Jews and other historically oppressed people, few seem to object when the mentally ill are denigrated.
Robert David Jaffee: Restore Sanity to Conversation on Mentally Ill Robert David Jaffee 2010
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While the country is making strides in confronting bigotry against gays, African-Americans, Jews and other historically oppressed people, few seem to object when the mentally ill are denigrated.
Robert David Jaffee: Restore Sanity to Conversation on Mentally Ill Robert David Jaffee 2010
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The plans being considered by The Senate are dogs, useless in confronting the crisis of tens of thousands suffering and dying due to private industry profiteering and political corruption.
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While the country is making strides in confronting bigotry against gays, African-Americans, Jews and other historically oppressed people, few seem to object when the mentally ill are denigrated.
Robert David Jaffee: Restore Sanity to Conversation on Mentally Ill Robert David Jaffee 2010
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Good for Rep Frank in confronting the people who are not thinking logically.
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