came to a head
Example Sentences
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In February 1529, tensions came to a head.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
Tensions between the neighbors allegedly came to a head Sunday when the actor and his sons rode their motorbikes through the neighborhood, TMZ reported.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2026
Just a few months ago, nearly the same scenario came to a head in Oklahoma, when 46-year-old Tremane Wood was scheduled to be executed after he spent decades on death row for felony murder.
From Slate • Mar. 6, 2026
The biggest controversy of the Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics came to a head on Thursday morning, as Ukraine's Vladyslav Heraskevych was banned from competing.
From BBC • Feb. 12, 2026
The anti-lynching movement came to a head in 1935, four years after Ida B. Wells died, when two senators proposed federal anti-lynching laws.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
