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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.
—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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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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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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The game began with an unusual pitcher's duel in this ballpark between rookie starters.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
13 June 2026
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One game turned grabbing the last slice of cake into a pistol duel of who could press the button at exactly the right time.—
Jordan Minor,
PC Magazine,
11 June 2026
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But when rivalry between sororities escalates and a body is found, ambition, loyalty, and sisterhood collide with deadly consequences.—
Kait Hanson,
Southern Living,
13 June 2026
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The oldest rivalry in the NFL doesn’t include a team from Green Bay.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
13 June 2026
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And part of it is Congress' already historically slim voting margins – margins, by the way, that won't be getting any more cushion amid the gerrymandering wars.—
Zachary Schermele,
USA Today,
18 June 2026
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Pinkas said that before the war, Iran was isolated under sanctions that choked its oil exports, dealing blows to its economy.—
Pamela Avila,
CNN Money,
18 June 2026
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After several years as an orphan, Pumphrey died in a South Caroline pine forest on August 16, 1780, in what was one of the bloodiest battles of the Revolutionary War.—
JT Moodee Lockman,
CBS News,
19 June 2026
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Aegon was severely injured by Aemond and Vhagar in that battle.—
Tracy Brown,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
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Measles has spread as a result of travel to international sports competitions before.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
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Their visit coincides with an event marking one year to the start of the Invictus Games, the biennial sporting competition Harry founded more than a decade ago.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
18 June 2026
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Wahab and Hernandez will face-off in November’s general election for the district.—
Haley Parsley
June 17,
Sacbee.com,
17 June 2026
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The game followed a championship series filled with down-to-the-wire face-offs won by edge-of-your-seat buzzer beaters.—
Ethan Shanfeld,
Variety,
15 June 2026
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And this is all due to how AI is rapidly changing warfare.—
Staff,
FOXNews.com,
19 June 2026
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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.—
The Los Angeles Times,
Mercury News,
18 June 2026
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“Showdown.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/showdown. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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