showdown

Example Sentences

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Amid the Statehouse showdown, they were nicknamed the “Sister Senators.”

From Salon • Jun. 8, 2026

But that has happened this year thanks to a showdown few would have predicted.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

The spat led to a legal showdown with the Pentagon -- although the tensions have since thawed somewhat.

From Barron's • May 28, 2026

Dortmund saw off Manchester United in the semi-finals to set up a showdown against Juventus in Munich in 1997, with Lambert handed the task of man-marking a playmaker emerging as one of the world's greatest.

From BBC • May 28, 2026

The horn and hoof showdown was less a showdown than a show: steers and heifers, sheep and goats, even dogs and cats displayed and judged in tents around the fairgrounds.

From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby