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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a confronting" is not correct in standard written English.
It is typically used in contexts where one is describing an action or situation that involves facing or challenging someone or something.
Example: "The meeting turned into a confronting discussion about the project's future."
Alternatives: "a challenging" or "a confrontational".
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It's a confronting film, and it tackles really important topics.
Thicker Than Water is, to borrow a word Australians use when dealing with anything unsettling, a "confronting" book.
Sales of The Sellout, a confronting exploration of race, identity and political correctness in modern America, confirm Heafield's claim.
A confronting 360-degree view of Graham – made from silicone, fibreglass, resin and human hair – can be seen online.
The Turnbull government launched a confronting new ad campaign earlier this year to try to break the cycle of domestic violence.
The political aftershocks of the attack, however, have also brought United States policy makers closer than ever to a confronting a situation that has haunted American relations with Egypt for more than 30 years: a government truly controlled by the Islamists of the Muslim Brotherhood.
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Footage posted online purports to show pro-Russian activists in a Lada confronting a Ukrainian tank.
It took decades for Individual A to confront his abuser.
That seems today to be a choice confronting Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
To feel affection for Farage is an increasingly confronting experience.
Finding such an independent consultant may be difficult for a physician confronted with a euthanasia request.
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