head-to-head
adverb or adjective
: in a direct confrontation or encounter usually between individuals
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it's fitting that the two best teams during the regular season will go head-to-head for the championship
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Weatherspoon, who was fired by the Chicago Sky in September, will face her former star player in Angel Reese and the Rose basketball club on opening night, while Stewart and Collier will go head-to-head after facing each other in the WNBA Finals.
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Eric Jackson, Sportico.com, 20 Nov. 2024
Notably, one-loss BYU is now a spot behind one-loss SMU even though the Cougars won the head-to-head meeting in Dallas early in the season.
—Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 19 Nov. 2024
McCann won and would serve as the county's top prosecutor for 37 years, and go head-to-head with Boyle many times, most famously in the Dahmer case.
—David Clarey, Journal Sentinel, 19 Nov. 2024
Netflix plans to stream two NFL games on Christmas Day, as the Kansas City Chiefs and Pittsburgh Steelers go head-to-head before the Baltimore Ravens and Houston Texans.
—Will McCurdy, PCMAG, 17 Nov. 2024
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Eric Jackson, Sportico.com, 20 Nov. 2024
Notably, one-loss BYU is now a spot behind one-loss SMU even though the Cougars won the head-to-head meeting in Dallas early in the season.
—Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 19 Nov. 2024
McCann won and would serve as the county's top prosecutor for 37 years, and go head-to-head with Boyle many times, most famously in the Dahmer case.
—David Clarey, Journal Sentinel, 19 Nov. 2024
Netflix plans to stream two NFL games on Christmas Day, as the Kansas City Chiefs and Pittsburgh Steelers go head-to-head before the Baltimore Ravens and Houston Texans.
—Will McCurdy, PCMAG, 17 Nov. 2024
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“Head-to-head.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/head-to-head. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.
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