FACED UP (TO) Synonyms: 41 Similar and Opposite Words

faced up (to)

verb

past tense of face up (to)

as in outfaced

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The force, which is still operating below its target of 5,500 personnel, also recently conducted operations in Delmas where it was also confronted by armed groups.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 30 July 2026
Keaton allegedly confronted fans at Seattle's Climate Pledge Arena who were holding signs in support of Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham on Tuesday, following Cunningham's comments about transgender athletes, according to ESPN.

— ABC News, ABC News, 30 July 2026

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Hansard achieved international fame starring in the 2007 drama Once and fronted the rock band the Frames and the duo Swell Season.

— Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 3 Aug. 2026
More than two years after Amazon ordered a pilot for improv comedy series DINKS, the streamer has handed the project fronted by June Diane Raphael and Paul Scheer a greenlight.

— Peter White, Deadline, 3 Aug. 2026

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The reef system has faced significant decline for decades due to rising water temperatures, disease and pollution.

— Joan Murray, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
Starship, which underpins Musk’s longer-term goals in space, has faced a rocky development path marred by explosive setbacks, malfunctions and delays — at a cost of $15 billion and running.

— Bloomberg, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026

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The pair found that the earliest someone dared to grow it in Florida was in the 1920s, when rare fruit collector Wallace Johnston took a stab.

— Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 24 July 2026
Related Stories Some locations were so remote, so unforgiving, that no one dared to film there before.

— Brent Lang, Variety, 21 July 2026

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