face-off

Example Sentences

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From the opening face-off, it was immediately clear that a different Canada came ready for battle.

From The Wall Street Journal

It was looking as though we wouldn’t get a badly needed, monthslong, toe-to-toe face-off about all that’s right and wrong in the sprawling metropolis of high hopes and low expectations.

From Los Angeles Times

The face-off there is in the part of the country not controlled by the Houthi militant group.

From The Wall Street Journal

After all talk, the face-off passed without incident with Paul striking a bizarre pose, pushing his stomach out, placing his hands on his back, raising his eyebrows and even bringing his hand to Joshua's chest.

From BBC

But the landscape involved lies along the Sweden-Norway border, where the forests are the scene of an annual face-off between hunters and conservationists.

From The Wall Street Journal