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Jason Kelce wore a shirt with Swift's face on it and the background of the post was a glitter orange that matched the countdown to her website.
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Doha Madani, NBC news, 12 Aug. 2025
And then, on Monday night, Swift's official website quietly put up a shimmering orange countdown clock set to expire at 12:12 a.m. on Tuesday.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 12 Aug. 2025
Swift dropped an orange glittery countdown on her website, ending at 12:12 AM ET.
—Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 11 Aug. 2025
In football, the great centers not only recognize defensive tells but also have the bandwidth during the stress of the 40-second countdown to voice or signal those observations to those around them.
—Alec Lewis, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2025
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Doha Madani, NBC news, 12 Aug. 2025
And then, on Monday night, Swift's official website quietly put up a shimmering orange countdown clock set to expire at 12:12 a.m. on Tuesday.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 12 Aug. 2025
Swift dropped an orange glittery countdown on her website, ending at 12:12 AM ET.
—Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 11 Aug. 2025
In football, the great centers not only recognize defensive tells but also have the bandwidth during the stress of the 40-second countdown to voice or signal those observations to those around them.
—Alec Lewis, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for countdown
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Today's listen Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images The Scripps National Spelling Bee is celebrating its 100th anniversary this week, with preliminaries kicking off last night.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
28 May 2025
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Sports High School Sports News See who qualified from Thursday's preliminaries for the CIFSS Division 1 finals on Saturday at Mt. SAC.—
Dan Albano,
Oc Register,
8 May 2025
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This is the number sales reps need to know to better triage who would be most receptive to a sales overture.—
Michael Ashley,
Forbes.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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Zayn rejected Scarlett Bordeaux’s overtures to use a lead pipe on Kross.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
3 Aug. 2025
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Without prelude, Eva Longoria suddenly popped up in the second episode of this spring’s fourth season of FX’s Welcome to Wrexham, cheering alongside Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenny (now Rob Mac) in the crowd at the Racecourse.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Aug. 2025
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North Korean arms have also been found in the hands of the Palestinian Hamas movement, including during its October 2023 assault that sparked the still-ongoing war in Gaza and served as the prelude to Iran and Israel's direct conflict.—
Tom O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 June 2025
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The Elmbrook School District is considering changing its school start and end times, an idea that could affect the schedules of nearly 8,000 students.—
Alec Johnson,
jsonline.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Federline got his start as a back-up dancer in the mid-Nineties.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
6 Aug. 2025
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“Countdown.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/countdown. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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