face it
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“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
But the delay, the expense and, let’s face it, the heartache, defeated us.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026
"It is hard, but countries have to face it."
From Barron's ● Apr. 9, 2026
He added that no family should ever receive a diagnosis like his daughter's and be left to face it alone.
From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2026
Our time with the dead cat had officially come to an end—we’d be resuming regular bookwork for a while until we received our next lab assignment—but I still couldn’t face it.
From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi
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