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came to a head

verb as in reach a crisis

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Tensions between the United States and Iran nearly came to a head in the final year of President-elect Donald Trump’s first term in office.

From Salon

"In the years following that tour, everything came to a head," he said.

From BBC

It all came to a head at New York's Bottom Line Club, shortly before the release of Springsteen’s breakout album Born To Run in 1975.

From BBC

The row came to a head in June when Gachagua, in an act seen as undermining the president, blamed the head of the intelligence agency for not properly briefing Ruto and the government over the magnitude of mass protests against unpopular tax hikes.

From BBC

Those tensions came to a head Thursday, when the state panel denied a plan to increase the number SpaceX rocket launches, and some members of the commission cited Musk’s political posts on X and raised concerns about his companies’ labor record.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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