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Recent Examples of countdown
No issues cropped up during the countdown, unlike Thursday’s launch attempt, and Starship lifted off directly at the top of the window, all 33 of its Raptor engines roaring to life.
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Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 22 May 2026
Starship wasn't able to get off the ground on Thursday, however; several technical issues cropped up late in the countdown, and SpaceX had to call off the attempt.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 22 May 2026
The launch team repeatedly attempted to resume the countdown, only for the computer controlling the launch sequence to stop the clock again.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 22 May 2026
The month-by-month countdown and what to do at each milestone
The good news: there's a window.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 19 May 2026
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Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 22 May 2026
Starship wasn't able to get off the ground on Thursday, however; several technical issues cropped up late in the countdown, and SpaceX had to call off the attempt.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 22 May 2026
The launch team repeatedly attempted to resume the countdown, only for the computer controlling the launch sequence to stop the clock again.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 22 May 2026
The month-by-month countdown and what to do at each milestone
The good news: there's a window.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 19 May 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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South Korea's Foreign Ministry spokesperson urged North Korea to respond to Seoul's peace overtures and efforts to reduce tensions in a press briefing on Tuesday.—
Joyce Lee,
USA Today,
26 May 2026
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Advertisement Some Shia figures made overtures to Washington and distanced themselves from the attacks, but other militias like Kataib Hezbollah are unflinching, promising to fight on.—
Nabil Salih,
Time,
26 May 2026
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Castro hit 2 for 5, recording a multi-hit game for the fifth time in his last six starts.—
Patrick Saunders,
Denver Post,
31 May 2026
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Brought in to protect a two-run lead in the eighth inning, Scott gave up three runs, including two on a home run by Edmundo Sosa, erasing an excellent start from Roki Sasaki and ending the Dodgers’ six-game winning streak with a 4-3 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies on Saturday night.—
Bill Plunkett,
Oc Register,
31 May 2026
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That actually proved the prelude to an even more extraordinary attack on the board in his post-match press conference just 24 hours later, following a 2-1 defeat by Sunderland.—
Matt Woosnam,
New York Times,
28 May 2026
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Look what happened last night, that was a prelude to the midterms.—
Rachel Scott,
ABC News,
27 May 2026
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“Countdown.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/countdown. Accessed 3 Jun. 2026.
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