came to a head
Example Sentences
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Things came to a head on tour, where her stage fright went into overdrive and she suffered "just terrible, terrible anxiety".
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
The issue of unrealized losses at banks came to a head after the run on Silicon Valley Bank in 2023.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026
For the city, the move represents a satisfactory but temporary solution to a months-long dispute over the market’s location that came to a head last week.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
In July 2023, it came to a head.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026
The anti-lynching movement came to a head in 1935, four years after Ida B. Wells died, when two senators proposed federal anti-lynching laws.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
