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Recent Examples of faced off
Marking the third football game of the season, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill faced off against the University of Richmond at home.
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Kelsie Gibson, PEOPLE, 13 Sep. 2025
On Friday night, Atlanta faced off against the Dallas Wings.
—Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Aug. 2025
But when the starters faced off, the Chiefs dominated.
—Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 23 Aug. 2025
Tia and Tamera faced off against another set of famous twins, Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen, in season 4.
—Maureen Lee Lenker Published, EW.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Davis particpated in warmups and walk-throughs but ran sprints while the rest of the defense faced off against the Commanders in 11-on-11s.
—Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 6 Aug. 2025
Released in 2022 and written by Mann and novelist Meg Gardiner, Heat 2 is a split-timeline prequel and sequel to Heat, in which Al Pacino and Robert De Niro faced off as LAPD detective Vincent Hanna and professional thief Neil McCauley.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2025
An exciting chapter Two teams, programmed by two engineers, faced off in a 5-on-5 match as the crowd watched excitedly on the sidelines in Beijing’s Haidian district.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 5 Aug. 2025
Del Mar then faced off against hometown rivals San Diego Shores to earn the title.
—Katherine Anderson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Aug. 2025
Kelsie Gibson, PEOPLE, 13 Sep. 2025
On Friday night, Atlanta faced off against the Dallas Wings.
—Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Aug. 2025
But when the starters faced off, the Chiefs dominated.
—Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 23 Aug. 2025
Tia and Tamera faced off against another set of famous twins, Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen, in season 4.
—Maureen Lee Lenker Published, EW.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Davis particpated in warmups and walk-throughs but ran sprints while the rest of the defense faced off against the Commanders in 11-on-11s.
—Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 6 Aug. 2025
Released in 2022 and written by Mann and novelist Meg Gardiner, Heat 2 is a split-timeline prequel and sequel to Heat, in which Al Pacino and Robert De Niro faced off as LAPD detective Vincent Hanna and professional thief Neil McCauley.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2025
An exciting chapter Two teams, programmed by two engineers, faced off in a 5-on-5 match as the crowd watched excitedly on the sidelines in Beijing’s Haidian district.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 5 Aug. 2025
Del Mar then faced off against hometown rivals San Diego Shores to earn the title.
—Katherine Anderson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for faced off
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Drennan, 43, grew up helping his brothers and uncles build derby cars and later competed in a few derbies himself.—
Sean Clancy,
Arkansas Online,
14 Sep. 2025
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The Olympic champion and silver medalist competed seven times this season.—
Katelyn Hutchison,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Despite critics who argue that AI progress is slowing, Amodei contended that development will continue at a similar pace.—
Andrew R. Chow,
Time,
16 Sep. 2025
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The source contended that the network was not swayed by outside pressure.—
Ethan Shanfeld,
Variety,
12 Sep. 2025
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Bradley McCroskey caught a miraculous 26-yard touchdown pass on the final play of regulation, then Temi Ericson raced nearly untouched for a 25-yard TD in overtime to give the Indians a 34-28 victory.—
Jordan Neal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
13 Sep. 2025
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The Bruins never looked back, despite Sweetwyne settling into the game and engineering four scoring drives to keep the Falcons from getting boat-raced.—
Kyle Newman,
Denver Post,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Faced off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/faced%20off. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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