come to a head
Example Sentences
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There are personality differences, disagreement with book choices, intrinsic ways of seeing the world that can occasionally come to a head in a book club.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
The tension with staff and longtime Fed insiders has come to a head since she took over the supervision division.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 26, 2026
Failure to come to a financial agreement though could quickly alert other suitors, with the situation expected to come to a head in the next few days.
From BBC • Jul. 17, 2025
Things began to come to a head with “Don’t Worry Baby,” Wilson’s thinly veiled rewrite of The Ronettes’ “Be My Baby,” which he considered to be pop’s finest moment.
From Salon • Jun. 12, 2025
He said that in a year or two the crisis in Palestine would come to a head.
From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok
