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Recent Examples of showdown
Of course, there's plenty of political football being played in this stadium showdown.
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Jim Reineking, USA Today, 8 June 2026
Food Network is turning the competition up to 100 with its new competition series 100 Cooks, which pits 100 home cooks against one another in a high-stakes culinary showdown.
—Better Homes & Gardens, 7 June 2026
With their title hopes on the fritz, the Gators rattled off four-straight wins, three of which came against top-20 teams, setting up a showdown against top-five Tennessee in The Swamp.
—Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 6 June 2026
The family showdown comes after both Consueloses made their Broadway debuts this season.
—Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 6 June 2026
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Jim Reineking, USA Today, 8 June 2026
Food Network is turning the competition up to 100 with its new competition series 100 Cooks, which pits 100 home cooks against one another in a high-stakes culinary showdown.
—Better Homes & Gardens, 7 June 2026
With their title hopes on the fritz, the Gators rattled off four-straight wins, three of which came against top-20 teams, setting up a showdown against top-five Tennessee in The Swamp.
—Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 6 June 2026
The family showdown comes after both Consueloses made their Broadway debuts this season.
—Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 6 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for showdown
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For now, Meloni has avoided direct confrontation, a strategy seen as both calculation and a bet that Vannacci’s momentum may fade.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
14 June 2026
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During the confrontation, a person pulled out a gun and fired several shots, hitting two people, according to police.—
Shambhavi Rimal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 June 2026
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Stillwater’s Casey Mork made nine saves in a scintillating goaltending duel with East Ridge counterpart Ryan Shanley, who stopped 11 shots.—
Tris Wykes,
Twin Cities,
11 June 2026
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Our last playoff game was also a pitcher’s duel.—
Tom Mulherin,
Boston Herald,
8 June 2026
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For years, three MDC campuses competed against each other, and that rivalry was especially fierce and often heated for the baseball programs run by legendary coaches – Demie Mainieri at Dade-North; Charlie Greene at Dade-South/Kendall; and Hertz at Dade Downtown/Wolfson.—
Walter Villa,
Miami Herald,
8 Dec. 2025
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Behind the scenes, the Queen met with David Tennant, who plays Tony Baddingham, the ruthless director of a local television network in a heated rivalry with Tory MP Rupert Campbell-Black, played by Alex Hassell.—
Meredith Kile,
PEOPLE,
8 Dec. 2025
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Meanwhile, Trump’s decision to go to war with Iran has roiled the global energy markets and sent the cost of gas and jet fuel soaring.—
Kyle Feldscher,
CNN Money,
11 June 2026
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Drone boat rescues chopper pilots in Iran war.—
Jim Edwards,
Fortune,
10 June 2026
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Mexico dominated, winning the possession battle 60% to 40%.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
12 June 2026
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The Patriots had goals from Maya Feloney and Ava Bridgman, but the possession battle was firmly in NDA’s favor with the score being 5-2.—
Jack Murray,
Boston Herald,
11 June 2026
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Reality competition slipped to 45 from 50; unstructured reality rose to 38 from 36.—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
12 June 2026
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The 2026 men’s World Cup group stage consists of 12 groups of four competing in round-robin competition, an increase of 16 teams from the last men’s World Cup.—
Boston Herald,
Boston Herald,
12 June 2026
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The measure was a face-off between supporters who said the community needed more housing and opponents who raised concerns about traffic, wildlife and polluted groundwater from a nearby former landfill.—
Paul Rogers,
Mercury News,
9 June 2026
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Kylie McAloon also found the back of the net with 30 seconds to play, but Reading controlled the ball off the ensuing face-off to ice the victory.—
Justin Barrasso,
Boston Herald,
9 June 2026
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The platform’s open-architecture design allows mission modules to be swapped in roughly two hours, enabling rapid transitions between strike, transport, and electronic-warfare roles.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Dec. 2025
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Deep-seabed mining would also advance another Chinese security imperative by facilitating the mapping of the seabed and the laying of undersea cables that can be used in support of naval and submarine warfare.—
ELIZABETH ECONOMY,
Foreign Affairs,
9 Dec. 2025
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