face up (to)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for face up (to)
Verb
  • Photo : Red Sea Global An expansive outdoor deck front the private pool.
    Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 6 Apr. 2025
  • The track fronts what appears to be a forthcoming full-length, though Disturbed hasn’t shared much about the new era just yet.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The brothers, having both military and criminal experience (not to mention their Chicago armamentarium), confront white racists with startling boldness, openly threatening Hogwood.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2025
  • What the narrator has to get away from is the assortment of low-grade humiliations and condescending attitudes she is confronted with every day while clocked in at the restaurant.
    Rhian Sasseen, The Atlantic, 17 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Chandler is 2-4 with the UFC, but outside his 2022 matchup against a fading Tony Ferguson, the 38-year-old has only faced the elite of the division.
    Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
  • The brand sources its whiskey from other distilleries, but in 2022 it was announced that Pernod would build a dedicated distillery and warehouses for the brand, proof of its success and belief in the future of American whiskey (which, admittedly, is currently facing some headwinds).
    Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 10 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • How can breast cancer support groups help patients and survivors?
    Sam Manzella, Flow Space, 30 Sep. 2024
  • Advertisement Cronin doesn’t feel like a marathoner who has breasted the tape so much as one in the middle of a race.
    Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2024
Verb
  • Over the course of her very bad day, Verity Amersham, the heroine of Expelled!, will have to brave all manner of indignities beyond cod liver oil to avoid being kicked out of school.
    The New York Times, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
  • On pages four and five of the CARICOM passport, Castillo depicts a lone man braving Puerto Rico’s Hurricane Maria, which struck in 2017.
    R. Daniel Foster, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • The Cybertruck is indeed a valiant effort in doing something new, and that’s not what most manufacturers dare to do.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 12 Apr. 2025
  • Stacy's husband Jim speculated that the bald eagle wanted to eat their dog — and probably would if Gnocchi dared to venture outside.
    Rachel Raposas, People.com, 11 Apr. 2025
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“Face up (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/face%20up%20%28to%29. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.

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