face up (to)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for face up (to)
Verb
  • They are joined by Chinese actor Li Xian, also a brand ambassador who fronts an official ad campaign for the first time here, after appearing in editorial images for the Prada Qixi 2025 collection earlier this year.
    Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Ground zero for two family weddings and several SAG-AFTRA events during the Emmy- and Golden Globe-nominated actress’s ownership, the light gray and white-trimmed structure is tucked away behind 20-foot privacy hedges and double gates and fronted by a semi-circular driveway.
    Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 27 Oct. 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
  • At home, Takaichi faces her own challenges.
    Hanako Montgomery, CNN Money, 27 Oct. 2025
  • The president and his party have faced three corruption scandals this year, while Argentina’s slowing economy and frustration with high unemployment rates helped push Milei’s approval to the lowest level of his term ahead of the vote.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 27 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
  • 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
  • It is aimed at combining the cultural influence of its host city with the daring fashion that dances across the pages of the magazine.
    Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Photos shared by the brand Seventy One Gin — which was serving up golden martinis throughout the evening — showed the mom-of-four rocking two daring outfits for the occasion.
    Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 24 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 2 Nov. 2025.

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