confront
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Synonyms & Antonyms for confront
Synonyms
beard, brave, brazen, breast, dare, defy, face, outbrave, outface
Antonyms
dodge, duck, funk, shirk, sidestep
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Piva said organizers confronted too many obstacles to be able to place the Ramona archway over Main Street. — Julie Gallant, Ramona Sentinel, "Archway designed to reflect town’s identity," 28 Aug. 2019 Raphael drove with friends to confront them, and then shot into a crowd of young people, killing two bystanders. — Michael Rezendes, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Milwaukee Franciscan leader paid off Mississippi men in friar's sex abuse," 27 Aug. 2019 David Fathi, director of the American Civil Liberties Union National Prison Project, said Mississippi will have to confront its problems soon. — Jerry Mitchell, ProPublica, "Some of the Country’s Worst Prisons Have Escaped Justice Department Action," 24 Aug. 2019 The cops were there to discourage people from participating in a silent rally that had been advertised online a few days earlier, and to intercept people who had talked of confronting them. — The Economist, "Why Macau is impervious to the turmoil in Hong Kong," 22 Aug. 2019 Gardner has traveled around much of the state during Congress’s annual August recess, but his schedule is not public, frustrating constituents who have sought out opportunities to confront him on issues such as immigration, guns and health care. — Justin Wingerter, The Denver Post, "Nikki Haley warns of socialism as she rallies Republicans for Cory Gardner," 19 Aug. 2019 According to a police report, the intruder fled after the congressman confronted him during the 3:40 a.m. break-in. — Yvonne Wenger, baltimoresun.com, "Crowdsourcing to solve a crime: Rockeymoore Cummings turns to Twitter for leads on home invasion," 10 Aug. 2019 If her performance in the trailer for this movie is any indication, Kaitlyn would have no trouble confronting heavier subjects in Platform. — Kelly O'sullivan, Country Living, "‘Last Man Standing’ Star Kaitlyn Dever Was Just Cast in Another Show," 30 July 2019 So why are Black folks the only ones thus far being truly challenged to confront homophobia within our community with respect to presidential politics? — Michael Arceneaux, Essence, "Opinion: Pete Buttigieg Will Have To Deal With Homophobia In Every Community, Not Just The Black One," 24 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'confront.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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