come to a head
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Villarreal: You wrote two episodes in Season 2, and in “8 p.m.” we really see Robby’s mental health journey come to a head.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
It’s come to a head lately as housebuilding in the U.K. has reached record lows.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026
Things began to come to a head with “Don’t Worry Baby,” Wilson’s thinly veiled rewrite of The Ronettes’ “Be My Baby,” which he considered to be pop’s finest moment.
From Salon ● Jun. 12, 2025
"I don't know obviously these individual allegations but I think this was going to come to a head at some point anyway," he told BBC Newsnight.
From BBC ● Mar. 8, 2025
Now the time had finally come to a head, when he was to be forced to face his doom.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
