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bear(verb, stop, take, meet, attack)
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call out(verb, expression, get, oppose, fight)
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clash(verb, meet, light, oppose, see)
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come up against(verb, expression, idiom, phrasal verb, light)
3
cope(verb, meet, oppose, fight, dispute)
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experience(verb, take, meet, light, oppose)
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face with(verb, expression, phrasal verb, oppose, provoke)
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grapple(verb, stop, meet, attack, light)
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question(verb, get, oppose, fight, dispute)
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rebel(verb, resist, defy)
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risk(verb, take, meet, oppose, play)
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thwart(verb, stop, attack, separate, maintain)
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abide(verb, stop, take, meet, attack)
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allow(verb, take, meet, oppose, play)
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baffle(verb, stop, disregard, ignore, prevent)
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brace(verb, stop, take, meet, oppose)
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brook(verb, stop, take, meet, attack)
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buck(verb, stop, cut, attack, separate)
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bump into(verb, expression, meet, light, oppose)
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come across(verb, expression, meet, light, oppose)
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APASmart Define. (2016). confront thesaurus. Retrieved September 24, 2026, from https://smartdefine.org/confront/thesaurus/synonyms
ChicagoSmart Define. 2016. "confront thesaurus" https://smartdefine.org/confront/thesaurus/synonyms (accessed September 24, 2026).
HarvardSmart Define 2016, confront thesaurus, Smart Define, viewed 24 September, 2026, <https://smartdefine.org/confront/thesaurus/synonyms>.
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