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Recent Examples of showdown
The Score Lawrence street festival is rocking with live music, carnival games and balloon art ahead of tonight’s showdown between Argentina and Algeria.
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The Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
17 June 2026
This is a showdown that will likely decide Group L, and if recent history, holds one of these teams could very well end up in the semifinals or beyond.
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Jim Barnes,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
17 June 2026
Other than the players themselves, no one expected the Sox would be good enough to be in a first-place showdown with the Yankees in mid-June.
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Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
17 June 2026
But this year’s showdown between the Knicks and the San Antonio Spurs electrified sports fans all across the country, thanks in part to New York’s multiple, highly dramatic comeback victories.
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Brian Stelter,
CNN Money,
16 June 2026
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The Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
17 June 2026
This is a showdown that will likely decide Group L, and if recent history, holds one of these teams could very well end up in the semifinals or beyond.
—
Jim Barnes,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
17 June 2026
Other than the players themselves, no one expected the Sox would be good enough to be in a first-place showdown with the Yankees in mid-June.
—
Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
17 June 2026
But this year’s showdown between the Knicks and the San Antonio Spurs electrified sports fans all across the country, thanks in part to New York’s multiple, highly dramatic comeback victories.
—
Brian Stelter,
CNN Money,
16 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for showdown
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But our three-way confrontation was still far from over.
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Muldur was in the middle of the confrontation in stoppage time in the first half that led to Galarza's ejection.
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The African team possessed the ball 52% of the time, had 563 accurate passes (92%) to Argentina’s 504 (90%) and held a 43-39 advantage in duels won.
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What gets all the attention is the duel between me and a few of them.
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The story being told has centered around the Aerial Assassin, but could AEW shock everyone by taking the rivalry in a different direction?
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The biggest rivalry in the WNBA delivered.
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Between February and August, fallout from the Iran war will have destroyed 800 million barrels of oil demand, JPMorgan estimates.
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Oil tanker traffic through Hormuz before the war might represent the high point for transits for the foreseeable future, said Helima Croft, head of global commodity strategy at RBC Capital Markets.
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Riff argued the issue to halt the payout was not a legal battle but rather a political one.
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While the first half of the match was full of battles and speed runs from one goal to another, the players seem to be taking a more methodical pace after returning from the locker room.
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The biggest score of the World Cup competition may be happening off the pitch.
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For Iraq, a victory would be its first in World Cup competition while Senegal, a quarterfinalist in 2002, would like to get a win for Sadio Mane, one of Africa’s most iconic players, who may be playing in his final World Cup.
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Messi began the face-off yesterday by scoring twice at lunchtime in Dallas, but Mbappe and Haaland appeared to see that as a personal affront, matching him as the sun set in Philadelphia and New Jersey.
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After a contentious Republican runoff in Georgia, the stage is set for a major face-off that will be watched by the nation.
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And this is all due to how AI is rapidly changing warfare.
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The history of warfare is often measured in winners, losers, troop sizes, dollars and human casualties; but collateral damage across the animal kingdom far outlasts the final shot.
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“Showdown.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/showdown. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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