come up against
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"When you are in competition against players like Rodri, you learn a lot because you come up against them in training and you have to show the manager you are better than them," he said.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
"They thought they already knew what they were going to find here, and they have come up against reality," he told AFP, saying some migrants told him they were returning "because they had no food".
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
There is a tricky tie for Northern Ireland, who come up against a talented young squad from Portugal in round one.
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026
The Blue Sharks had come up against soccer’s apex predators.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026
He wondered if there was some new rule for a minister’s son that he hadn’t come up against yet—if there could possibly be yet another rule that he hadn’t come up against already.
From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt
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