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head-to-head

[hed-tuh-hed] / ˈhɛd təˈhɛd /


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Heather Watson and Harriet Dart will go head-to-head for a place in the US Open main draw as six British players made it through to the third and final qualifying round in New York.

From BBC Aug. 27, 2026

That trial was designed to measure antibody levels rather than tracking flu infections, so Moderna wasn’t able to produce a head-to-head case count against Fluzone High-Dose.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

The National League MVP race transformed into a head-to-head showdown between the frontrunners at Wrigley Field on Wednesday, as the Dodgers fell to the Cubs 7-6.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

And in a head-to-head trial designed by Lilly, Zepbound also came out on top.

From MarketWatch Aug. 5, 2026

They rounded up not just thousands but hundreds of thousands of consumers all across North America, and in head-to-head blind taste tests, New Coke beat Pepsi by 6 to 8 percentage points.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell




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