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During the fifteen minutes it had taken for them to make their farewells and drive in total silence back to Pretty Point, her need for an angry con-frontation with him had disintegrated.
A Secret Vengeance Lee, Miranda 2001
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Khisanth's talk with Jahet had left her in no mood for con-frontation with the other dragons, but the lowest ranking dragon could ill afford to be openly insubordinate now.
The Black Wing Kirchoff, Mary 1993
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There was a tense con-frontation between Ryo and a group of net - and stinger-wielding soldiers.
Nor Crystal Tears Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1982
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Pre - cipitated in the extreme form of “ministerialism” when the socialist Alexandre Millerand accepted a post in the Radical cabinet of 1899, the discussion was nar - rowed to the political question of cooperation with bourgeois organizations, and avoided ideological con - frontation.
Dictionary of the History of Ideas R. K. KINDERSLEY 1968
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One example is Garp's childhood con - frontation with Bonkers the dog.
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I know that you don’t shy away from confrontation (or at least blog-frontation) but this just seems like needless (and perhaps unjustified) muckraking.
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"Peeler and Rundle have told me about your fihrst con-frontation with the young man.
Mid Flinx Foster, Alan Dean 1995
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