face up (to)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for face up (to)
Verb
  • Daisy Jones & the Six chronicles the rise and fall of a group fronted by two charismatic lead singers—Daisy Jones and Billy Dunne—and their journey from obscurity to fame, complete with romantic tensions, personal crises, and drug problems.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Then it is revealed that Christmas is canceled as the elves are fronting a strike and steal the Christmas gifts in rebellion.
    MSNBC Newsweek, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Precedents for pardon Maidstone’s campaign follows similar efforts elsewhere in the United Kingdom to confront historical injustices.
    James Frater, CNN Money, 31 Oct. 2025
  • In communities of all kinds, voters in their 20s and 30s are confronting a financial reality of rising costs, mounting debt and minimal wage growth.
    Elena Moore, NPR, 31 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Air Mail’s fate shows that even the masters of the old form faced major headwinds when trying to navigate the new media landscape.
    Max Tani, semafor.com, 3 Nov. 2025
  • As the candy bowls linger from Halloween and holiday treats start to roll in, your teeth face a marathon of sugar exposure.
    Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 2 Nov. 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
  • The moment played out on Season 3 of The Traitors, when Sandoval and the other contestants braved a creepy cabin full of singing dolls and had to memorize and perform backwards nursery rhymes.
    Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Heidi Klum braved the inclement weather in New York to ring in Halloween.
    Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 31 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Instead, these rather daring verses were composed by a Hieronymite nun for her beloved vicereine, the wife of the Spanish king’s representative in New Spain.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 4 Nov. 2025
  • One way Flores capitalized was by sending LB Eric Wilson at Jahmyr Gibbs routinely, daring him to pick up blitzes.
    Colton Pouncy, New York Times, 3 Nov. 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 7 Nov. 2025.

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