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

facing up (to)

verb

present participle of face up (to)

as in fronting

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While fronting the May 2026 issue of Vogue Brazil, Zendaya once more showed her love for her Coleman crew.

— Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 31 July 2026
Glen Hansard, the Irish singer-songwriter best known for fronting the Frames and the Swell Season as well as co-starring in the 2007 musical drama Once, has died, according to his management.

— Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 29 July 2026

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The Georgia case is one of several legal challenges confronting the NCAA over the transition to its new eligibility system.

— Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 7 Aug. 2026
There, Williams published a newsletter, The Crusader, to encourage Black people to engage in self-defense rather than nonviolence, whether during civil rights protests or confronting racist aggressors.

— Aaron Coy Moulton, The Conversation, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of confronting

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That number grew exponentially over the years as the swoosh became near omnipresent in State College, even daring to grace the famously plain football jerseys.

— Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026
John Oliver recently highlighted Buc-ee's controversial practice of suing small businesses over cartoon animal logos, even daring the company to sue his show.

— Allen Adamson, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of daring

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Instead, find a way to engineer genuine positive feelings into the behavior, like Dunn cycling to work instead of braving a traffic-heavy commute.

— Kevin Kruse, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
For the crowd that still stretched several heads deep in many nooks along Hope Street, braving the sun provided a positively patriotic experience that didn't disappoint.

— Nolan Rogalski, The Providence Journal, 5 July 2026

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