Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for faced up (to)
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When confronted, the student reportedly denied it but refused to provide the staffer with his backpack, according to the complaint.—
Meredith Deliso,
ABC News,
28 Oct. 2025 -
The school called my mom, who confronted the teacher.—
Erin Silvia,
PEOPLE,
28 Oct. 2025
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Powter fronted her Susan Powter Show talk series and made TV guest spots on Will Smith's The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and Designing Women spin-off Women of the House.—
Joey Nolfi,
Entertainment Weekly,
21 Oct. 2025
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Nashville punk band Snõõper is fronted by Blair Tramel, a former elementary, middle, and high school teacher.—
Audrey Gibbs,
Nashville Tennessean,
20 Oct. 2025
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The president and his party have faced three corruption scandals this year, while Argentina’s slowing economy and frustration with high unemployment rates helped push Milei’s approval to the lowest level of his term ahead of the vote.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
27 Oct. 2025
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Waupun Correctional Institution has also faced a series of deaths among those incarcerated there in recent years and is now under investigation by federal officials over how drugs and contraband were smuggled inside.—
Laura Schulte,
jsonline.com,
27 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The actor infamously played Jeff, the hunky diner manager who dared to come between the show's endgame couple.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
Entertainment Weekly,
23 Oct. 2025
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One man, Lawrence Bergreen, dared to step into the breach and write about Columbus in the way only historians of substance can.—
Lee Habeeb,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
Verb
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On October 14, the The Morning Show actor braved the brisk New York City weather in a light gray wool coat, which appears to be the Margot jacket from Max Mara.—
Kathleen Walsh,
Glamour,
18 Oct. 2025
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Armed with their boom boxes and cassette tapes, the boys braved the stench and recorded songs.—
Jeff Pearlman,
Rolling Stone,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Faced up (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/faced%20up%20%28to%29. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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