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Recent Examples of countdown
His hardline immigration policies, which have left some international fans feeling unwelcome in the US, are overshadowing the countdown to kickoff.
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Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 10 June 2026
Each new lightning strike resets the clock’s countdown.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 10 June 2026
This one is far from over, as the countdown begins for the 2026 college football season.
—Trey Wallace, FOXNews.com, 9 June 2026
The countdown to the World Cup continues, with Monday marking just three days until the tournament kicks off.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 8 June 2026
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Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 10 June 2026
Each new lightning strike resets the clock’s countdown.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 10 June 2026
This one is far from over, as the countdown begins for the 2026 college football season.
—Trey Wallace, FOXNews.com, 9 June 2026
The countdown to the World Cup continues, with Monday marking just three days until the tournament kicks off.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 8 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for countdown
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Hernandez, now a Southern Section champion again, along with all the other winners will move onto the CIF preliminaries next Saturday to face the rest of the state's top female jumpers, with a chance to get back to the state finals.—
Ryan Gaydos OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
19 May 2026
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Tennyson never made it to the Southern Section track preliminaries after winning the league title.—
Eric Sondheimer,
Los Angeles Times,
17 May 2026
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In his keynote speech in Washington last week, just hours after Trump signed the executive order, Hawley went a step further than his recent overtures to American workers.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
9 June 2026
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The visit will be Xi’s first to North Korea since 2019, and the latest overture from Beijing to warm a historical but often complicated relationship with its neighbor.—
Simone McCarthy,
CNN Money,
5 June 2026
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The World Cup is off to a record-breaking start for both Fox Sports and Telemundo.—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
14 June 2026
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Added to that underwhelming start were nine turnovers, all of which contributed to a middling offensive performance that helped San Antonio build its sizable lead.—
Kyle Feldscher,
CNN Money,
14 June 2026
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In Germany itself, references to the Weimar Republic, the fragile democracy that preceded Hitler’s rise to power, are a staple of public debate as an unmistakable prelude-to-Hitler warning.—
Katja Hoyer,
Washington Post,
9 June 2026
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But all that was just a prelude to the eight-match CONCACAF Championship in 1989, the qualifying tournament for the next World Cup in Italy.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
7 June 2026
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“Countdown.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/countdown. Accessed 15 Jun. 2026.
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