"confrontation" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- They were followed by local supporters of the Apprentice Boys, and the confrontation escalated.
- At last the confrontation escalates into full out combat.
- The partisan confrontation escalated over the committee's investigation of President Clinton's 1996 campaign fund-raising.
- The confrontation swiftly escalates, leading to a cordon by the police.
- A confrontation with police officers escalated into an armed standoff after group members refused to leave the building.
- It would not be long before a confrontation that began as a dispute over access to shipping lanes escalated into a major regional conflict.
- The confrontation escalated into violence when one man brandished a pistol and fired at the second group, hitting two men.
- "She refused and the confrontation escalated to an assault," he said.
- With the Americans gone, such confrontations may escalate.
- The confrontation escalated when police began to push through the line of protesters and violence erupted.
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