How to Use face-off in a Sentence

face-off

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• Batman fans should know how this face-off goes.
  — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 14 Oct. 2025
• The plan is for the star forward to take face-offs again.
  — Kalen Lumpkins, Chicago Tribune, 18 Feb. 2026
• The alumni do not want the face-off to be a one-off.
  — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 22 Aug. 2025
• The footage goes on to preview many of the face-offs to come.
  — Denise Petski, Deadline, 28 June 2025
• Not ideal optics for this close to face-off.
  — Sean Gregory, Time, 4 Feb. 2026
• The duo looked like they were geared up for some middle-school pool party face-off.
  — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 20 Mar. 2025
• Each week will feature a new flavor face-off for guests to order.
  — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 21 Mar. 2025
• And there’s not a roundhouse kick or a high-octane pistol face-off in sight.
  — Clifford Coonan, Variety, 17 Mar. 2025
• Esa Lindell scored on a seeing-eye shot off a face-off from the blue line.
  — Lia Assimakopoulos, Dallas Morning News, 21 Jan. 2026
• So, yes, in a face-off, the Golf GTI wins.
  — ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2025
• Among the most hallowed are the weigh-in and face-off that occur the day before a match.
  — Brian Seibert, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
• There are specialists who work on shooting and others who work on face-offs.
  — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2025
• Now, only one of the finalists can be crowned the victor of the fall food face-off.
  — Angelika Ytuarte, jsonline.com, 20 Oct. 2025
• Marcott said that success in the third quarter starts with winning face-offs.
  — Nick Celario, oregonlive, 4 June 2023
• Vote in the ultimate taco face-off, the shell-ebration is almost here.
  — Ashley Fredde, Idaho Statesman, 25 June 2025
• Roberts' costar Ayo Edebiri talks about their intense face-off.
  — Gerrad Hall, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Oct. 2025
• Landeskog, camped near the net, passed back to Nazem Kadri at the right face-off circle.
  — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 27 Apr. 2026
• Then came the call that set up a face-off between the government and industry.
  — Matthew Herper, STAT, 30 Apr. 2026
• Uruguay and Ghana were locked at 1-1 in a tense face-off that had already gone to overtime.
  — Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 11 June 2026
• For Cuomo the stakes of the face-off were especially high.
  — Dave Smith, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2025
• Crowley’s face-off with the freshman mayor began when the fires were still raging.
  — Michael Loria, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2025
• Expect a court face-off that will shape the landscape of Hollywood for years to come.
  — Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 28 Feb. 2026
• The movie ends in a face-off between the father and his family at an ancient desert ruins.
  — Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 29 Nov. 2024
• The rules for include a two-hour time limit, no bunting and a one-on-one tiebreaker face-off at the end of the game if it’s tied.
  — Irit Skulnik, Baltimore Sun, 30 July 2025
• Following the game, Ronde, 49, said he was relieved their face-offs were over.
  — Marina Watts, People.com, 27 Oct. 2024
• The top candidates are two old white guys who have held the job before and are repeating their face-off from four years ago.
  — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2024
• But the latest controversy highlights that race will play a role in the face-off between them.
  — Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 2 Mar. 2023
• But this race is shaping up as a face-off between Henderson and Hayes.
  — Christopher Wallenberg, BostonGlobe.com, 8 June 2023
• Robbie and Jayson eventually have a face-off.
  — Grace Byron, Vulture, 13 Oct. 2025
• As such, damage to the port surely has the effect of weakening Iran’s hand in the face-off.
  — Melik Kaylan, Forbes.com, 5 May 2025

face off

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• Throw out the rules when two rivals face off.
  — Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Oct. 2025
• The pair faced off a handful of times in high school.
  — Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 23 Oct. 2025
• Five times, the in-state rivals have faced off this year.
  — Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 15 Mar. 2026
• The two sides will face off on Sunday.
  — CBS News, 20 Feb. 2026
• The boys donned headgear and faced off, one on one, with padded sticks.
  — Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
• The two coaches faced off 44 times.
  — Sam Jane, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2026
• These people have already drunk their faces off.
  — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2026
• And everyone on that stage had just ripped the faces off that crowd.
  — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 15 Oct. 2025
• The teams have faced off 24 times as Top 25 foes.
  — Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026
• The fighters will use four-ounce gloves and will face off inside a hexagon cage.
  — Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2026
• Texas will face off against UTEP next week.
  — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2025
• As the two faced off, Dion did a costume reveal.
  — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 11 June 2026
• D’Angelo stepped back into the ring to face off against Hendry.
  — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 5 Apr. 2026
• The two will face off again in November.
  — Linh Tat, Daily News, 27 June 2026
• The two will face off in November.
  — The Editorial Board, Daily News, 10 June 2026
• In the free-to-play game, teams of five face off and play agents with unique abilities.
  — Sarah Parvini, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2023
• The victor of the three-way race will face off against Skinner.
  — Noah Daly may 7, Idaho Statesman, 7 May 2026
• The episode also brought back the dance-offs, where pairs faced off head-to-head in the same dance style.
  — Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
• Japan and Sweden will face off in their final match of the group stage.
  — Steven Rosenbaum, CBS News, 25 June 2026
• Pablo Langesfeld faced off against a health giant — and won.
  — Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 25 Apr. 2026
• The two will face off amid wild rumors of a Cody Rhodes heel turn.
  — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 25 Jan. 2026
• The two teams are facing off for the first time since 1951.
  — Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 7 Jan. 2026
• The tournament consists of a round-robin where all four teams will face off.
  — Jackson Castellano, Sun Sentinel, 28 June 2024
• Only keeping your face off the pillow does that.
  — Allison Palmer, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2026
• Now, these two rising teams will face off in an intriguing first-round matchup.
  — Jared Weiss, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2026
• At the end of each show, the judges pick two characters to face off in a battle of wits.
  — Anthony Solorzano, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2026
• Next week, the Crimson Tide will face off against Troy.
  — Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
• Ma and Romero will now face off in November.
  — Katie King, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2026
• The teams will face off again July 29 in Phoenix.
  — ABC News, 10 June 2026
• Orton tossed out Priest and then faced off with Zayn.
  — Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 25 Jan. 2026