Sentence examples for confronting the possibility from inspiring English sources

Most economists praise the Fed for confronting the possibility of another depression.

Boudin, at 58, is confronting the possibility of spending the rest of her middle age in prison.

LOS ANGELES — Jerry Brown has seen this before: a budget in crisis, a Legislature divided, a state confronting the possibility that its glory days are behind it.

Now Iran is confronting the possibility of a pre-emptive Israeli military strike on its nuclear facilities, a threatened European Union oil embargo and a new American law that could penalize buyers of Iran's petroleum, its most important export, if the uranium enrichment is not stopped.

As the national meningitis outbreak linked to a contaminated steroid continues to grow, health officials are now confronting the possibility that some of the more than 100,000 shipments of other drugs from the same company that made the steroid may have caused other types of infections.

And if this flight to safety began to take wing just as Europe is confronting the possibility of a Greek exit — or Grexit, to use the crisis shorthand — anxieties about both events could combine to make the market reaction all the worse.

Apple's defenders must confront the possibility that it is, in fact, theoretically possible that terrorists or other criminals will use encrypted communications to launch a devastating national security attack.

Instead, he deliberately confronts the possibility, then sets it aside.

And Kiera, as Season 1 progresses, gradually confronts the possibility that she is fighting for the wrong side.

The second half was more impassioned as the home crowd came to confront the possibility of costly dropped points.

By forcing drivers to confront the possibility of small errors, the chance of them making larger ones was greatly reduced.