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Recent Examples of showdown
In the same episode, a weekly Festive Face-Off involves an emotionally revealing ugly Christmas sweater showdown.
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Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2024
The big picture: The showdown between U.S. Sen. Bob Casey (D) and Republican challenger Dave McCormick could decide the balance of power in the chamber.
—Alexa Mencia, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
Other high-profile contests include a faceoff between Republican Kari Lake and Democrat Ruben Gallego for U.S. Senate and several congressional showdowns.
—Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 4 Nov. 2024
Other noteworthy showdowns include No. 1 Oregon at Michigan and Florida at No. 2 Georgia.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 2 Nov. 2024
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Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2024
The big picture: The showdown between U.S. Sen. Bob Casey (D) and Republican challenger Dave McCormick could decide the balance of power in the chamber.
—Alexa Mencia, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
Other high-profile contests include a faceoff between Republican Kari Lake and Democrat Ruben Gallego for U.S. Senate and several congressional showdowns.
—Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 4 Nov. 2024
Other noteworthy showdowns include No. 1 Oregon at Michigan and Florida at No. 2 Georgia.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 2 Nov. 2024
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But after Israel responded in a relatively muted way, both countries moved on from the confrontation.Carrie A. Lee, Foreign Affairs, 19 Nov. 2024
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Police have not said what the confrontation was about, but according to the documents, Hue allegedly pulled a pistol from his waistband, pointed it at the students and told them to run.Harry Harris, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
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The Cowboys’ biggest deliveries were notched during their Week 3 duel with Baltimore, which averaged 27.29 million viewers on Fox, trailing only the previous week’s Bengals-Chiefs broadcast on CBS (27.87 million) for bragging rights as the season’s top linear-TV draw.Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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The Dodgers won the first two in L.A., Game 2 featuring the duel between rookie Bob Welch and Reggie Jackson.Jim Alexander, Orange County Register, 27 Oct. 2024
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The movie stars Matthew Broderick and Reese Witherspoon in a bitter rivalry during a high school election.Erik Kain, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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Eisenberg and Kieran Culkin play cousins whose tour through Poland in honor of their grandmother sparks some serious family rivalry.Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 3 Nov. 2024
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The people who are tired of the war are the people in Ukraine.Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 21 Nov. 2024
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Firstly, prices for gold and silver have been rising this year, driven by easing inflation, uncertain remarks by the Fed, and geopolitical concerns given the ongoing wars between Russia - Ukraine.Trefis Team, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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As other suburban Indiana school board races have become embroiled in culture war battles and heated partisan rhetoric in recent elections, school board races in Hendrick’s County have stayed out of the fray.Caroline Beck, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Nov. 2024
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In it, five misfits battle to dismantle a conspiracy of teenagers aiming to halt climate change by exterminating adults.John Hopewell, Variety, 5 Nov. 2024
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Prior to working at Blizzard, Longdale worked on what was, at the time when World of Warcraft first launched, the game’s primary competition — Everquest.Cameron Koch, Rolling Stone, 23 Nov. 2024
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This is a case that's rooted in some older model of competition.Michel Martin, NPR, 22 Nov. 2024
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This is a talky chamber piece of philosophical face-offs, debate duels and wordy warfare, though the outcomes remain just as harrowing.Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 7 Nov. 2024
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But toward the end of the evening, things picked up in a big way, ultimately leaving us high from a face-off that that was a genuine knockout.Charlie Mason, TVLine, 4 Nov. 2024
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This is a talky chamber piece of philosophical face-offs, debate duels and wordy warfare, though the outcomes remain just as harrowing.Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 7 Nov. 2024
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The war’s vast front lines could become a sort of laboratory for modern warfare, giving Kim’s troops — and their generals — a chance to study.Matthew Bodner, NBC News, 30 Oct. 2024
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“Showdown.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/showdown. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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