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head-on

[hed-on, -awn] / ˈhɛdˈɒn, -ˈɔn /




ADVERB
headfirst
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He was upbeat, he was meeting his wife's circumstances head-on.

From BBC • May 17, 2026

Indeed, Slavin said one of the risks of rushing head-on into a fully fibermaxxed diet is the potential for bloating and other stomach trouble, which could make people give up on longer-term consumption habits.

From MarketWatch • May 10, 2026

The company helped spark this in part by confronting these risks head-on.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

From tiny island states to European powers and emerging markets, nations attended the conference voluntarily after an effort to tackle fossil fuels head-on at last year's COP30 failed.

From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026

“I was just thinking—Why do you run head-on into a cop car with its lights on? and then I thought, Well, she hated authority figures.”

From "Looking for Alaska" by John Green




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