Sentence examples for mean confrontation from inspiring English sources

Winning practical benefits for their members need not mean confrontation and militancy.

This will mean confrontations with local university managements, as students take direct action to demand that university heads refuse to implement the white paper.

But that doesn't mean a confrontation: You could go to your colleague and simply ask if the number you have in your phone is his.

For high-profile players in Argentina, underachieving does not simply open the possibility to spending time on the bench; it can also mean a confrontation with a club's barrabravas, a group of the most die-hard fans (read: hooligans) to be found in South America.

That could mean a "confrontation" because he doesn't want to talk about funding until he gets approval for his reforms.

One of the main thrusts of current organizational development work is the encouragement of conflict resolution by means of confrontation.

Harris marked the anniversary of Sept. 11 Thursday with a post arguing that overcoming ISIL means a confrontation with Islam.

But the movement's leaders are from a generation that focuses foremost on survival, which means avoiding confrontation with the state, political analysts said.

The deal also suspended enforcement of the debt limit until Feb. 7, which means another confrontation over the nation's borrowing could occur again sometime in March.

The China Daily, Beijing's English-language mouthpiece, claimed the "outrageously one-sided ruling" meant military confrontation in the region had become more likely.

The customs cleanup also meant a confrontation with the federal attorney general's office, whose agents roamed the docks of all Mexico's ports, ostensibly looking for drugs.