face up (to)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for face up (to)
Verb
  • Fresh from launching his first Apple playlist earlier this year, King Charles is now fronting a new doc feature on Amazon Prime Video.
    Alex Ritman, Variety, 8 Oct. 2025
  • The group, fronted by brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher, whose contentious relationship led to their split in 2009, are currently on tour.
    Lisa Respers France, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • And though the visuals start calmly enough, with an old man puttering through a deserted city, the flashing blue, green, and red lights inject a jolt of madness that’s pushed into the surreal as the man confronts giant statue heads of the Weeknd and Moroder floating above the city.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 10 Oct. 2025
  • The 2024 prize went to Nihon Hidankyo, a grassroots Japanese organization of atomic bomb survivors, at a time when the world was once again confronting the specter of nuclear weapons, amid Russia’s threats during its war in Ukraine.
    Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Weiss now faces three major challenges.
    Max Tani, semafor.com, 13 Oct. 2025
  • But companies that don’t have an issue with undocumented workers are facing the friction of having employees pulled aside by ICE officials.
    Diane Brady, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Place the chicken in front of you, breast up, with the neck pointing away from you.
    Peter Barrett, Outside Online, 9 June 2025
  • Its superiority was passed like a shibboleth among food connoisseurs: Thighs are juicier, tastier, are almost half the price—preferable in just about every way to the boneless, skinless, flavorless breasts that reign supreme in America.
    Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 28 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • As for Lee, now six, he’s fully recovered—and even braved the site of the incident again.
    Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Most of them braved the declining New York City temperatures, sleeping on the street in tents and sleeping bags.
    NBC News, NBC news, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Frankie screamed with a mix of delight and frustration that her owner dared to leave her there alone, which was to be expected.
    Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Ingelsby wanted there to be a scene where Grasso almost dared Tom take him down.
    Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 12 Oct. 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 15 Oct. 2025.

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