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Recent Examples of countdownWith nine months to go until the first Cadillac/G.M. car hits the track in preseason testing, the race is on, with the countdown clock providing a continual update.—Ian Parkes, New York Times, 2 May 2025 Perez will be on the Stand & Deliver countdown show this year, but her WrestleMania moment is coming very soon.—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 17 Apr. 2025 The decision now starts a 60-day countdown where a presidential election must be held to select the next president.—Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 4 Apr. 2025 The countdown is on: In less than 20 days, the REAL ID requirement will take effect, requiring Americans to obtain a new form of identification in order to fly domestically.—Ashley J. Dimella Fox News, FOXNews.com, 19 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for countdown
Many legal experts consider this questioning of a private right of action as the prelude to the next potential showdown over the Voting Rights Act at the Supreme Court, where multiple rulings by the court's conservative majority have eroded the law's protections over the past decade.
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Hansi Lo Wang,
NPR,
14 May 2025
And that was just the prelude to the evening’s main event: a runway show of the 163 jewels in Diorexquis, and 25 couture creations by Maria Grazia Chiuri, staged around an ornamental reflecting pool that, at 45 meters, stops just shy of Olympic dimensions.
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