come up against

Example Sentences

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And you, my friend, have come up against a brick wall on the eve of your 73rd birthday, when your first RMD is due, and there’s no way around it.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 23, 2026

These activists have, perhaps inadvertently, come up against some very well-connected people.

From Slate • Jan. 30, 2026

"When you come up against a side that bats deep on a really good wicket, that's the way India have come out -- with intent from ball one," said Santner.

From Barron's • Jan. 23, 2026

Another eye-catching group game will see France again come up against Senegal, who stunned the then-world champions in 2002 in one of the tournament's most famous shocks.

From BBC • Dec. 5, 2025

The hand seemed to come up against gravity, against his will.

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara