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Recent Examples of countdownAs the countdown to April 10, 2025, begins, one thing is clear: Pop the Balloon LIVE is a cultural phenomenon.—Shelby Stewart, Essence, 27 Mar. 2025 It was called off on Wednesday with just over 40 minutes remaining on the countdown clock, because of an issue with one of the ground systems at the launch pad.—Denise Chow, NBC News, 14 Mar. 2025 With only six episodes remaining, the countdown to the end of The Conners is officially on.—Stephanie Wenger, People.com, 26 Mar. 2025 The woman next to me turned away rather than watch the final countdown.—Alex Hutchinson, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for countdown
Late preliminaries available on ESPN+, ESPN, Disney+, and ESPN Deportes at 8 p.m. ET.
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Jim Varsallone,
Miami Herald,
9 Apr. 2025
While the diving kicked off Thursday, the swimming gets underway with preliminaries on Friday, with the finals for both swimming and diving slated for Saturday.
Reaction to Trump overtures Reactions to Trump from Greenlanders have shifted over time.
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Brendan Rascius,
Miami Herald,
18 Apr. 2025
In #diplomacy any such shifting (pushed by hawks who fail to grasp the logic/art of commonsensical deal-making) could simply risk any overtures falling apart.
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Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Apr. 2025
Image Lacking indoor plumbing, the family basked in this sauna as a prelude to bathing in the cold lake.
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Julie Lasky,
New York Times,
4 Apr. 2025
At one point, during our game, my mother-in-law said that dominoes could be used to speak to the dead, a comment that had no prelude and which received no verbal response from anyone at the table.
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