expose to vs confront

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Which sentence would you prefere?

"We've been exposed to a lot of difficulties."

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"Many difficulties have confronted us"
 
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Gillnetter said:
There is a difference between the two. I may be exposed to an illness and never get sick. Many difficulities confronted us means that we actually had problems.
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Does the second sentence sound natural to a native speaker?
 
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