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Recent Examples of showdown
That stat was based on the average minute audience (AMA) for Friday’s showdown between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Los Angeles Chargers taking place in São Paulo, Brazil.
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Jennifer Maas, Variety, 8 Sep. 2025
There's still a possibility Royals may be ready to go for the big Week 2 showdown.
—Michael Gallagher, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
Booker was asked after his remarks on the floor whether his view on Democrats fighting extended to next month’s funding showdown.
—Aris Folley, The Hill, 29 Aug. 2025
But interviews with more than a dozen officials and political observers by Suncoast Searchlight and the Bradenton Herald suggest many see the showdown as an unmistakable warning shot to other local governments considering similar defiance.
—Josh Salman, Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2025
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Jennifer Maas, Variety, 8 Sep. 2025
There's still a possibility Royals may be ready to go for the big Week 2 showdown.
—Michael Gallagher, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
Booker was asked after his remarks on the floor whether his view on Democrats fighting extended to next month’s funding showdown.
—Aris Folley, The Hill, 29 Aug. 2025
But interviews with more than a dozen officials and political observers by Suncoast Searchlight and the Bradenton Herald suggest many see the showdown as an unmistakable warning shot to other local governments considering similar defiance.
—Josh Salman, Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for showdown
Noun
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The footage appears to show Lawrence and Pattinson in a heated confrontation, while other moments feature a character wielding a knife.—
Ryan Gajewski,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Sep. 2025
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Even as liberal-seeming Amir invites Yusuf to join the Muslim Association, an informal organization of male Arab landowners, Yusuf’s father is killed in a night-time confrontation with the settlers.—
Ritesh Mehta,
IndieWire,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The 27-year-old is technical, strong in duels, has a great engine to move up and down the pitch, a good ball progresser and reader of the game.—
Charlotte Harpur,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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After Fairview won 35-30 in a duel last fall, the two programs from the northwest quadrant of the metro delivered another intriguing bout in 2025.—
Matt Schubert,
Denver Post,
6 Sep. 2025
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The rivalry itself has been tight.—
Sindiswa Mabunda,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Djokovic ultimately emerged as the third man, which enriched the dynamic and added layers, creating three rivalries where previously there had been one.—
Charlie Eccleshare,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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All Quiet on the Western Front is a visually graphic portrayal of the horrors of war, earning four Academy Awards in 2023 — including Best International Feature Film.—
Jacqueline Weiss,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
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Presumably, this is because those players lost their ‘development’ period — their early teenage years — to the war.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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The move is the latest update in a years-long battle over the home of the military's newest combatant command, which is now based in Colorado Springs.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
3 Sep. 2025
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In August 2024, Francesca opened up about her mom’s battle with Parkinson’s disease in a video on TikTok.—
Kirsty Hatcher,
People.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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The treble — a club winning their domestic league title, main domestic cup competition and the European Cup/Champions League — has happened 11 times, with Barcelona and Bayern Munich the only sides to do so more than once.—
Will Jeanes,
New York Times,
4 Sep. 2025
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Budgets are tight, and even in this tiny economic niche, competition is steep because many sell the same products to the same audience.—
Hope Karnopp,
jsonline.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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But before his last-four clash with the Serb on Saturday, Alcaraz will swing more than his tennis racquet, facing compatriot and 2017 Masters champion, Sergio Garcia, in a golf face-off.—
Manasi Pathak,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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So, yes, in a face-off, the Golf GTI wins.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
27 Aug. 2025
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The system’s continuous modernization reflects the shifting nature of naval warfare, where adversaries are increasingly fielding maneuvering anti-ship missiles, drone swarms, and asymmetric maritime threats.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Sep. 2025
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This kind of ‘autonomy at the edge’, where human oversight is minimal once a system is unleashed, marks a qualitative shift in warfare.—
Brian Walsh,
Fortune,
7 Sep. 2025
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“Showdown.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/showdown. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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