come to a head
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There are personality differences, disagreement with book choices, intrinsic ways of seeing the world that can occasionally come to a head in a book club.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
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
But I do think it has come to a head this autumn and I would love to see how it filters into the Six Nations.
From BBC • Nov. 25, 2025
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
Now the time had finally come to a head, when he was to be forced to face his doom.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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