come to a head

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There are personality differences, disagreement with book choices, intrinsic ways of seeing the world that can occasionally come to a head in a book club.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

The tension with staff and longtime Fed insiders has come to a head since she took over the supervision division.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 26, 2026

But it will come to a head Wednesday when, after nearly two months, Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva is sworn into Congress, 50 days after winning election to the House of Representatives.

From Slate • Nov. 12, 2025

There have been longstanding calls for the system to change, but the issue has come to a head recently, as the Senedd prepares to expand to 96 members with a new electoral system.

From BBC • Jan. 23, 2025

In fact, that seemed to have been the entire business which had come to a head when the vigilance committee followed him to Mr Coldfield’s gate that day two months before.

From "Absalom, Absalom!" by William Faulkner