• Some will be confronted by a growing mountain of debt early in the New Year as Christmas bills start to pour in.

    BBC: Top ten Christmas health risks

  • Tourists are also bound to be confronted by requests for money.

    BBC: Taking photographs of people

  • Say no and he will be confronted by a coalition of the victims of phone hacking, Labour, the Liberal Democrats and some Tory MPs.

    BBC: The looming shadow of Leveson

  • While Francois Hollande resists austerity, he will be confronted by realities.

    FORBES: What Is Going To Happen To Europe?

  • But there is a growing sense that Japan's problems - debt, deflation and demographics - must be confronted by policymakers and voters and not ignored for too much longer.

    BBC: Japan: Debt, demographics and deflation

  • Business was booming and the East Bay Express did an article (February 2007) on his tactics, which included using hot young women to lure the cheating men to a rendezvous at a restaurant only to be confronted by the Mrs. during dinner.

    FORBES: Divorce Turns Ugly With Setups for DUIs

  • "That's what started it all, " said Ms. Aronin, who attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and was all set, at age 18, to accept an apprenticeship at the Falmouth Playhouse, a summer-stock theater, only to be confronted by a scene that was way too gritty: A drunk roommate.

    WSJ: Life in the Background | By Joanne L. Kaufman

  • Imagine my shock when I arrived in England bursting with all that knowledge gleaned from the books I had read and from a few well-behaved British tourists I had met in my town, only to be confronted by the screaming headlines of the tabloids and pictures of scantily-clad models baring most of their assets.

    BBC: A Hamster ate my Granny!

  • John Hess was as magnanimous as could be expected when confronted by reporters after the meeting.

    FORBES: John Hess Saves Face In Last-Minute Truce With Elliott Management

  • Chaudhry went to Pakistan's largest city, Karachi, only to be confronted with a counter-demonstration organized by a pro-government party intent on disrupting his appearance.

    NPR: Former Pakistan Leader Sharif Desires Return

  • And then, be confronted with someone who would tear it down by false testimony, by lies under oath.

    CNN: Transcript: House manager Gekas' statement on the law

  • They would also be among the last times when humans were confronted by a land where creatures more powerful than themselves were sovereign.

    BBC: East Africa��s best kept secret

  • This would all be academic of course, except that internationally Obama is being confronted by terrorists.

    FORBES: Obama Lost the Debate, Just Like the Middle East

  • But the Swiss's concentration seemed to be affected at the beginning of that game when he was confronted by a spectator, who breached the security and appeared to wave a flag in Federer's face before belatedly being wrestled to the ground.

    BBC: Federer claims historic Paris win

  • Such are the perils confronted by independent counsels who are truly independent and refuse to be swayed by the parties writing the check.

    FORBES: SEC Asked to Do More to Protect Whistleblowers

  • Under a particular set of facts it could be that both Trayvon Martin and George Zimmerman reasonably believed they were being confronted by unlawful violence from the other, and therefore that both thought they had to use force to defend themselves.

    CNN: SHARE THIS

  • The Cape Verdian referee had to be sheilded by security in the middle of the pitch as furious Masry players confronted officials.

    BBC: JSK reach hat-trick final

  • As the trials progressed, Koreans were confronted with the question of how much the sins of the past should be judged by the standards of the present.

    CNN: Time Of Reckoning

  • And so, instead of being confronted with a sudden crisis that prompts real change, South Africa appears to be drifting - sustained by an expanding middle class and buoyant local economy - while the water in the pot keeps getting steadily hotter.

    BBC: Zuma's missed opportunity to sell South Africa

  • Before the hearing began, Sandra Steingraber, a leader of New Yorkers Against Fracking, confronted Martens and demanded the environmental review and regulations be put on hold and a comprehensive health impact analysis be done by an independent investigator.

    WSJ: DEC head: No 'timetable' on NY fracking decision

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