come to a head

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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

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

Eventually, though, this will all come to a head.

From Slate • Feb. 25, 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

The guests, who had left their tables and chairs to follow Inés and her daughter out to the car, crowded behind the fence, quietly waiting for the night’s drama to come to a head.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall