face it
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"If you don't run from it and you try to face it, it devours you," Ecologio Cabrera, 86, told AFP after fleeing with nothing.
From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026
Let’s face it: it’s a drop in the ocean.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026
“I was so struck on ‘Oppenheimer’ by what Imax could do for the human face, it seemed like it bore a hole into Cillian Murphy’s.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026
“And let’s face it, we were making diddly in the past because the business was on its knees.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 10, 2026
My brain, and my heart, simply could not face it.
From "How Dare the Sun Rise" by Sandra Uwiringiyimana
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