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Recent Examples of faces off
On Friday night, FC Juarez faces off with Santos Laguna in exciting Liga MX soccer action, with both teams desperate for a win.
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Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Aug. 2025
Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for faces off
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Supabase is built on Postgres, the popular developer database system that competes with Google’s Firebase and is a bet on an open-source future.—
Allie Garfinkle,
Fortune,
3 Oct. 2025
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Riddle, who currently competes for Major League Wrestling (MLW), was a guest on the show to discuss his career.—
Andrew Ravens,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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Part of the problem, the AAFA contends, is the platform’s difficult takedown process.—
Meghan Hall,
Sourcing Journal,
3 Oct. 2025
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Mowry contends the stellarator eliminates the tokamak’s instability issues that remain unresolved.—
Jordan Blum,
Fortune,
2 Oct. 2025
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While the movie easily races from one scene to another at a break-neck pace, behind the scenes, the local production work was a massive undertaking, bringing together public officials from multiple city, county and federal agencies.—
Abby Hamblin,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Sep. 2025
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RDREs use a detonation wave that races around a circular channel, which produces short, high-pressure bursts that drive up thrust and efficiency.—
Josh Dinner,
Space.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Faces off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/faces%20off. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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