in the face of

phrase

variants or less commonly in face of
: face-to-face with : despite
fearless in the face of danger

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The outlier remains the United States, where gun violence and rates of mass shootings are among the highest in the world, with little progress made on tighter laws in the face of strong lobbying and constitutional protections. — Kocha Olarn, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2026 The money taps remain turned on full-blast even in the face of a choppy stock market and persistent fears over whether AI stocks are in a bubble. — Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 11 Aug. 2026 Several Georgia counties and cities have curtailed data center projects in the face of backlash, including Atlanta. — Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 10 Aug. 2026 Often those patients express concerns about keeping access to healthcare and life-saving medicine like antiretroviral therapy for HIV in the face of the cuts. — Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 10 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for in the face of

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