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The late-night gossip show El Chiringuito had superimposed Mbappe’s face over a countdown clock in the final days of the window, anticipating his arrival.—Adam Crafton, New York Times, 8 July 2025 Both works are countdowns of a kind, but where Bowie shouts into the void, Drake gently turns away from it.—arkansasonline.com, 5 July 2025 With a countdown clock in the corner of the screen to let folks know when the game would resume, the ploy proved a hit, with the show garnering about 28.9 million viewers.—Cheryl V. Jackson, IndyStar, 2 July 2025 And the digital countdown clock, which Uncle Jimmy had his friend Computer install, finally reaches zero.—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 28 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for countdown
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