face up to
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The PM has said that the UK "must face up to the past" over the "brutal and barbaric violation" of the slave trade.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026
In a piece for the Guardian published on Friday night, Burnham described the transatlantic slave trade as a "brutal and barbaric violation", external, and that Britain "must face up to the past".
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026
A study commissioned by the California Primary Care Assn. found that clinics could face up to $1.7 billion in collective penalties in the first year of the measure’s implementation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
And so, 25 years after it opened, Berlin’s Jewish Museum must face up to an existential challenge.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Mrs. Tsilouras was reapplying lipstick, but as soon as she left I put my face up to the mirror.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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