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 seizure in Riverside County was in connection with a past election, but the case provides an important road map for courts that may be confronted with these issues in the context of an ongoing election in November.

— Danielle Friedman, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2026
Hill stood up and confronted Wilson immediately face-to-face before ordering him to go back to the huddle.

— Scott Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2026

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The former is an action drama directed by Suresh Triveni and fronted by Anil Kapoor; and the latter an original drama series starring Bhumi Pednekar.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2026
And it’s all fronted by seven miles of glorious, white sand beaches.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026

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The country singer also asked fans to donate to the Young Center for Immigrant Rights, which helps children whose parents have faced deportations, during the opening night of her tour in Chicago back in August.

— Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026
The Cornell 7 lawsuit refers to the legal document filed by an unnamed Cornell University student who accused seven men of raping and drugging her at a frat house party in October 2024 — and faced no legal consequences.

— Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026

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To get her father and his siblings to offer answers to questions no one had ever dared ask in the past until Duong’s cameras rolled, an inventive hybrid documentary-narrative model was hatched for the film.

— Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 4 Oct. 2026
In Cuba, for instance, the single format is dominant, and very few artists have dared to create a true concept album.

— Jessica Roiz, Billboard, 25 Sep. 2026

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Fans and musicians braved the heat Thursday for the return of the Aftershock music festival in Sacramento’s Discovery Park.

— Julian Zhu October 2, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Almost every fan inside the 72,000-capacity Arrowhead Stadium who braved the extreme heat went home happy after the team outclassed Denver 31-10.

— Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 15 Sep. 2026

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