verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
confront a reality (= consider or deal with it )
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They had to confront some unpleasant realities about themselves.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
directly
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Those Chewong who behave in unacceptable ways can not be confronted directly .
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The problem can also be discussed in Sunday-school classes or confronted directly in a sermon on the subject of family violence.
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The rationalization of modern life, suggest those who adopt the functionalist style, must be directly confronted .
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The problem of control by the masses tends not to be confronted directly .
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If you suspect that others also haven't read the papers always confront directly on the issue.
now
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But his frustration was part of the larger crisis which now confronted him, as it did everyone else.
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Their lives were now confronted by earthshaking change, by the arrival of the modern world.
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This unthinkable predicament of modernity in the Orient is what now confronts the West in the Gulf.
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A single bold stroke can not resolve political difficulties as fundamental as those Mondale faced and Dole now confronts .
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We must now confront the rather more daunting problems of differentiating lexical units paradigmatically.
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Their utility functions may remain unchanged, but the income constraints which now confront them have altered.
■ NOUN
challenge
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To be blunt about it, the challenge confronting Mr Heseltine is how to maintain his momentum.
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Perhaps the most immediate challenge confronts Sen.
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Given its inherent curiosity, even the simplest mind will exhaust itself devising solutions to challenges it confronts .
difficulty
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There are practical difficulties which confront any attempt to fly in supplies to those in need.
fact
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Bob Mays had to confront the fact that for years he had been loving some one else's daughter.
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Earlier there had been reports that actress Julie Walters was having to confront the fact that her child had leukaemia.
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They have been forced to confront two important facts .
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Giselle discovers Albrecht's deceit when Bathilde confronts her with the fact that the Count Albrecht is her fiancé.
fear
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This time, he convinced himself, he would confront his fears and get on with his life.
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I plunk down a dollar and confront my deepest fears .
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This destroys your impetus and your courage to confront your fears .
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Spider then is able to confront his fear and on the big night, he takes second place in the spelling bee.
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As with any situation, facing up to the facts, confronting and questioning your fears can help.
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We aim to confront the legitimate fears and aspirations of both communities.
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You must confront your fears and doubts and take risks again and again.
government
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Cell I illustrates the situation where the government chooses continued hard-line rule and the opposition openly confronts the government.
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It is not as if there is a shortage of reasons to confront the government .
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The problem which confronted the Government arose out of the confluence of two streams of difficulty.
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Inevitably, many organisations have been created which effectively avoided confronting the government .
issue
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In order to participate meaningfully within the community members of this group must actively engage in the issues that confront them.
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The major issues that confront parents with caregivers are rivalries and maintaining the primacy of the family.
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But there is one issue that confronts the Grammy Award-winning musician almost everywhere he goes -- much to his distress.
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But that was not the only controversial issue confronting Powell's Bureau.
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The article illustrates at least three important issues confronting many academic institutions.
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Overall, there are several major issues confronting us on the media front right now.
man
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Balvinder jumped up and down, punched the air, then promptly confronted the man with whom he had made the bet.
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The same man apparently also posed as a deacon at a nearby Catholic parish but fled when confronted .
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Within a few minutes, about fifteen members of the white fraternity Phi Alpha Pi arrived and confronted the two black men .
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One night at La Maze, a restaurant on the Strip, Bogie was confronted by a large man .
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She must confront the man , drive him off.
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The brave soldier was alone but stood his ground after confronting the men in the dead of night.
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Charles was equally determined to confront the men who had so recently betrayed him.
police
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A black man, believed to be in his 30s, was shot after being confronted by police .
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An angry crowd gathered, confronting the police , who showed little interest in dispersing them, and began taunting the marshals.
problem
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The problem which confronted the Government arose out of the confluence of two streams of difficulty.
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The same problem confronts you that does the people that run the subways in New York City.
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However, a number of problems confront investigators applying this technique to studies of alcoholic liver disease.
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The problem confronting software developers remains the high cost of creating and competitively marketing these products.
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They were seen as being responsible for the real problems that confront ordinary citizens.
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Structure: one of the biggest writing problems businesspeople confront .
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Those Volunteers for whom the experience was most meaningful were those who acquired clear insights into the problems confronting a developing society.
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Here are some problems that have confronted scientists in the past.
question
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It was the birth of his own son that confronted him with questions .
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Both sides must confront tough questions .
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And you have been forced to confront the big questions of life-Why are we here?
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The bank and the fund are also confronted with pressing questions about their ability to deliver their promises.
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This last example of a conclusion is lengthy but notice how it confronts the question .
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The ongoing comedy of Conservative policy gives Labour the chance to confront the tax question head on.
reality
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For the first time Nizan was forced to confront the social reality of the process of schooling.
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Doug Ross, who ran the Michigan Department of Commerce during the 1980s, confronted this reality head on.
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As a nation, we are right to finally confront the stark reality of needless suffering among the dying.
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To confront that reality some sorry, drunken night on the shore of an Arizona lake might provoke any of 100 reactions.
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In the very first days and weeks on the job, all confronted the daily realities in being a manager.
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But this remedy fails to confront the reality of a male youth culture nearly immune to all the blandishments of established society.
situation
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Would you so react to the particular situation which confronts us now, if you were not applying the standard mechanically?
task
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These are tasks which confront legal theory and political philosophy together.
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One is identification of the specific tasks confronting each of the four learners.
world
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I would not for a moment propose we face the same immediate peril confronting the world in the early 1940s.
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And that is going to confront the world with a painful moral dilemma.
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In the end, the sociology of a world economy would find a world bourgeoisie confronting a world proletariat.
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find
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Turning, she found herself confronting Jamie Baird.
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Revered by many, the institution now finds itself confronted by critics.
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With agonising slowness the great gates swung inwards and Jamie found himself confronting ... a bear.
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In the end, the sociology of a world economy would find a world bourgeoisie confronting a world proletariat.
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He found himself confronted by a sorrier specimen than himself.
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We now find ourselves confronting a massive pay-back.
force
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They have been forced to confront two important facts.
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When the time comes for him to write his next report, Blue is forced to confront this dilemma.
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Pragmatism sought to force philosophers to confront doubt.
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Stacy said the fliers showed the type of mentality the university has been forced to confront since the fall semester began.
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For the first time Nizan was forced to confront the social reality of the process of schooling.
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Many economists avoid talking about unemployment in public, adopting a rather sheepish tone when forced to confront the issue.
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Campaigners hope that the spotlight thrown by the Etireno has forced the industry to confront some of these issues.
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It forced me to confront a messy tangle of emotions.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The FBI confronted Schmidt with the evidence of his part in the murder plot.
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The play is about a woman who confronts the man who tortured her in prison.
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They were confronted by about five men, one of whom had a gun.
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We try to help people confront their problems.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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At our bakery, when we set up the loaves for baking the next day a similar dilemma confronts us.
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At the same time, serious threats to the stability of the infant democracy also had to be confronted.
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He spent time with customers, confronted the Power Supply Division and central staffs, and acted swiftly on all decisions.
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He would have liked to be able to confront and examine his own previous self.
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Move his two hundred in behind those fleeing ones, to confront the enemy?
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Overall, there are several major issues confronting us on the media front right now.
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Their lives were now confronted by earthshaking change, by the arrival of the modern world.