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Recent Examples of showdown
In bringing back Nancy for a final showdown with Freddy, Dream Warriors has the feel of a legacy sequel decades before that term was in use.
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Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2025
Legend 5-1 6 W (57-30 vs. No. 9 Pine Creek)
Comment: Titans’ last major road block to second straight 5A Southern League title is Week 10 showdown with Regis Jesuit.
—Matt Schubert, Denver Post, 6 Oct. 2025
While Jones would love Swift to be in attendance for the Cowboys' showdown with the Chiefs on Thanksgiving.
—Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Now, three days into the federal government showdown, California departments are also using their homepages to cast blame.
—William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2025
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Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2025
Legend 5-1 6 W (57-30 vs. No. 9 Pine Creek)
Comment: Titans’ last major road block to second straight 5A Southern League title is Week 10 showdown with Regis Jesuit.
—Matt Schubert, Denver Post, 6 Oct. 2025
While Jones would love Swift to be in attendance for the Cowboys' showdown with the Chiefs on Thanksgiving.
—Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Now, three days into the federal government showdown, California departments are also using their homepages to cast blame.
—William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for showdown
Noun
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Call it a conversation, not a confrontation.—
Dianna Russini,
New York Times,
11 Oct. 2025
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The uptick in confrontations comes as the administration increases its efforts to deport millions of undocumented migrants, an approach critics say has led to aggressive enforcement tactics, due process violations and the mistreatment of migrants.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Oct. 2025
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Game 4 was high-intensity from the jump with Cristopher Sanchez and Tyler Glasnow going head-to-head in a pitchers' duel.—
Valentina Martinez,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Oct. 2025
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The hope is more of a fiery attitude could lead to more duels won.—
Joshua Kloke,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025
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There is also a danger that anger with Hamas and rivalries within the Palestinian community in Gaza could now explode, analysts say.—
Robert Birsel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Oct. 2025
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The men’s opposing theories, murder versus suicide, became entangled in a rivalry over who had known and understood him best.—
Eren Orbey,
New Yorker,
13 Oct. 2025
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From migrants and colonizers to gossip and war, Emily Wilson examines The Aeneid and its relevance to the modern world.—
tumblr.com,
tumblr.com,
11 Oct. 2025
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But our flights had been canceled amid rocket fire and regional escalation, fallout from Israel’s latest offensive in Gaza and its war with Iran.—
Reem Kassis,
The Atlantic,
11 Oct. 2025
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Keeping track of what both Pokémon are doing, each of their health bars, the animations for each attack and the battle log (which shows whether or not attacks have landed) takes a long time to get used to.—
Ryan Gaur,
Rolling Stone,
14 Oct. 2025
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With tensions rising, the film transforms into an unsettling black comedy as the colleagues descend into a battle of wills and wits.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
Entertainment Weekly,
14 Oct. 2025
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Historically, Goldman says bubbles tend to be driven by a specific innovation, investors pile-in, there’s a rush of capital and competition from new companies, which in turn pushes up prices and valuations, increasing systemic risks.—
Tasmin Lockwood,
CNBC,
8 Oct. 2025
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With fewer insurers willing to provide insurance in Florida than in New Hampshire, there is less competition, which leads to higher premiums.—
Aliss Higham,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Oct. 2025
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The video, shared on the social media platform X (formerly Twitter), captures the robot showing off its Kung Fu moves on the red carpet in a playful face-off with the popular actor and musician.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Oct. 2025
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However, Snell isn't taking anything in particular away from that last face-off with Cincy.—
Jackson Roberts,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Sep. 2025
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As coalition warfare becomes the norm, integrating data across multiple partners—each with distinct platforms and classification levels—can mean the difference between success and failure.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
13 Oct. 2025
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China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) is moving its ground forces from traditional close-range tank warfare to long-range, beyond-visual-range combat, enabled by its latest generation of main battle tanks, according to a PLA Daily report published Monday.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Oct. 2025
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“Showdown.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/showdown. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.
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