face-off
Example Sentences
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Before the face-off drama, a twitchy, stone-faced Dubois glanced around at the stained-glass windows as the managers went toe-to-toe backing their men.
From BBC
The supporters at Santagiulia were partisan in favour of the Canadians, with the USA team roundly booed before face-off.
From BBC
From the opening face-off, it was immediately clear that a different Canada came ready for battle.
It was looking as though we wouldn’t get a badly needed, monthslong, toe-to-toe face-off about all that’s right and wrong in the sprawling metropolis of high hopes and low expectations.
From Los Angeles Times
The face-off there is in the part of the country not controlled by the Houthi militant group.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
