in the face

In addition to the idiom beginning with in the face, also see blue in the face; fly in the face; look one in the face; red in the face; slap in the face; stare in the face; talk someone's arm off (until blue in the face).

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On Monday, the court made moves against two states, New York and New Jersey, that have attempted to protect access to reproductive health care in the face of relentless assault from anti-abortion forces.

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In one incident she kicked a little boy in the face several times.

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A 22-year-old nursery worker has been convicted of abusing 21 babies, including kicking one little boy in the face and stepping on his shoulder.

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While it found Gjert guilty of hitting Jakob's younger sister Ingrid in the face with a towel during an argument in 2022, it said the evidence was not strong enough to prove Jakob's claims beyond reasonable doubt.

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In the face of constant negative prognostications and outright attacks by pundits and politicos of all stripes, how is it that California, like Sisyphus, keeps pushing such a giant boulder up an ever-growing mountain?

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in the eye of in the face of

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