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Based on the countdown clock running on its website, U-Boat Worx will complete the official handover to its first Super Sub customer on Thursday.
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New Atlas, 21 Mar. 2026
The flight originally was planned for early February, but it was delayed after hydrogen fuel leaks were detected during a dress rehearsal countdown.
—William Harwood, CBS News, 19 Mar. 2026
Disney even launched a live-countdown clock that’s ticking off the months, days, hours, minutes and seconds until the film’s mid-December premiere.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 18 Mar. 2026
Press the button to start the timer, and to cancel the shot, just twist the ring again during the countdown.
—Jim Fisher, PC Magazine, 17 Mar. 2026
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New Atlas, 21 Mar. 2026
The flight originally was planned for early February, but it was delayed after hydrogen fuel leaks were detected during a dress rehearsal countdown.
—William Harwood, CBS News, 19 Mar. 2026
Disney even launched a live-countdown clock that’s ticking off the months, days, hours, minutes and seconds until the film’s mid-December premiere.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 18 Mar. 2026
Press the button to start the timer, and to cancel the shot, just twist the ring again during the countdown.
—Jim Fisher, PC Magazine, 17 Mar. 2026
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“Countdown.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/countdown. Accessed 26 Mar. 2026.
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countdown
noun
count·down
ˈkau̇nt-ˌdau̇n 
: the process of counting off backward in fixed units (as seconds) the time remaining before an event (as the launching of a rocket)
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