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"rear its head" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use this expression when something unexpected or unwelcome appears. For example, "The financial difficulties had been dormant for some time until they suddenly reared their head again."
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"We don't really need to cull elephants and no one is going to do it for the foreseeable future but it may rear its head again," says O'Kane.
Sometimes, when you think you've done everything right, it can rear its head up and put you back down.
If heat were a problem, one might expect it to rear its head during professional races, where high temperatures and long distances can warm up rims.
Kennedy fatigue may yet rear its head, but it may not matter, says Thomas Whalen, a political historian at Boston University.
That still provides no guarantee that it will not rear its head at some later stage in the process that proponents judge more favorable to their designs.
Oh and it'll probably only rear its head in Japan.
"It shows that Bush v. Gore can rear its head in lots of ways that we can't anticipate.
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Occasionally, it reared its head.
It also rears its head at the most rudimentary, primal levels — in schools, among children.
It's that Zen thing rearing its head.
Europe came calling, as it does when soccer talent rears its head.
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