CONFRONTED Synonyms: 42 Similar and Opposite Words

confronted

verb

past tense of confront

as in faced

to oppose (something hostile or dangerous) with firmness or courage you must confront your fear in order to conquer it

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Recent Examples of confronted At least one witness told cops the teen was smoking marijuana on the train when Rodriguez confronted him about it, sparking an argument, but police have since discounted that theory, sources said. — Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 22 Oct. 2026 Seeman appeared to curse at Arizona Cardinals tight end Trey McBride, and Hill confronted Minnesota Vikings linebacker Eric Wilson after being inadvertently knocked down. — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026 Theranos’ lawyers also confronted Carreyrou at the newspaper’s offices in a meeting that lasted about five hours. — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026 In the summer of 2022, New York confronted a case of paralytic polio, a disease whose wild form had been eliminated here in 1979. — Raj Panjabi, STAT, 21 Oct. 2026 Ambassador Marwan Ali Noman, political adviser to the Foreign Minister of Yemen, warned in an interview with CBS News on Tuesday that the Houthis could continue their attacks unless confronted. — Olivia Gazis, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026 Shea’s supervisor confronted her when Shea’s findings in a cold case could not be replicated. — Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 15 Oct. 2026 Supermarket staffers were confronted by pools of water beneath freezers and spoiled produce earlier this week after hackers took control of refrigerators in hundreds of grocery stores across France. — Sana Noor Haq, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2026 Separately, a joint operation involving the UK, Norway, and the United States confronted Russian submarines that were practicing using a new technology to disable undersea cables in Arctic waters near Norway’s Svalbard archipelago. — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 14 Oct. 2026

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The group has faced criticism over its stances on various issues, including the wars in Gaza and Iran.

— Saige Miller, NPR, 22 Oct. 2026
Jasarevic told Semafor that WHO’s $115 million budget for Ebola was 80% funded, while Fleur Vernat, UNICEF’s partnerships manager in DR Congo, said her agency’s response faced a 65% funding gap.

— Ruben Nyanguila, semafor.com, 21 Oct. 2026

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