How to Use showdown in a Sentence

showdown

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  • Here are the game details ahead of the Big 12 showdown...
    — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 24 Feb. 2024
  • Jared Goff will make the throws late to set up the showdown in Green Bay.
    — Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press, 1 Jan. 2023
  • The Tigers will have their best pitcher on the mound for the first showdown with Ohtani.
    — Andrew Birkle, Detroit Free Press, 25 July 2023
  • The 2024 World Series showdown could be epic and set records — in stores and in the stands.
    — Felecia Wellington Radel, USA TODAY, 25 Oct. 2024
  • The lion’s share were in the ten-plus-minute finale showdown.
    — Simon Thompson, Variety, 31 Jan. 2024
  • The Vols claimed the remaining five No. 1 votes on the eve of their showdown with the Bulldogs.
    — Eddie Timanus, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2022
  • Hero says: Both teams had a week off to prepare for this huge Pac-12 showdown.
    — Joseph Goodman | [email protected], al, 20 Oct. 2022
  • The stakes in their showdown depend on the outcomes of two other races.
    — Joshua Jamerson, WSJ, 11 Nov. 2022
  • Still, the stage for the showdowns has nearly been set, the major players revealed.
    — Jada Yuan, Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2023
  • It’s been something of a theme over the first three games of this midseason AL West showdown.
    — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 3 July 2023
  • The board voted in May to retain Mr. Sanchez, but the showdown left wounds in the community.
    — John Leland John Leland, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2024
  • Both sides have spent the past two decades preparing for their next showdown.
    — Josef Federman, TIME, 1 Oct. 2024
  • In relation to last year’s figures, the showdown just barely missed the mark by 8%.
    — Breanna Bell, Variety, 26 Sep. 2023
  • As Shiv storms out of the apartment with her brothers in tow, both Mattson and the Roys prepare for a showdown.
    — Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR, 30 May 2023
  • Check out how to claim this offer and preview an NFC showdown.
    — Doug Ziefel, Chicago Tribune, 24 Nov. 2022
  • The two sides have faced off in a fierce showdown over the control of two seats on Disney’s board and the future of the 100-year-old company.
    — Bruce Gil, Quartz, 3 Apr. 2024
  • The third and final season will explore the next chapter in Gi-hun and the Front Man’s intense showdown, Hwang teased to the site.
    — Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2024
  • The night before the showdown, Williams had gone to the home of Mildred Allen, one of his sisters, to vent his frustrations.
    — oregonlive, 15 Feb. 2023
  • That makes Friday's showdown between the two teams at O'Connor huge in a battle for the top spot in the 6A tournament.
    — Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 11 Oct. 2022
  • And just like that famous showdown, this one also ended in a tie.
    — Andy Swift, TVLine, 16 Aug. 2024
  • Still, reporters wanted to know their thoughts on next week’s showdown.
    — Nick Alvarez | [email protected], al, 9 Oct. 2022
  • Democrats argue the showdown over the debt limit should not be the new normal way of doing the nation’s business.
    — Lisa Mascaro, BostonGlobe.com, 28 May 2023
  • The show sees ‘faithfuls’ sniff out ‘traitors’ in one location via a series of games and showdowns.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2024
  • The Eagles are caught in a sandwich spot after winning their showdown against the Ravens with the Steelers on deck.
    — Hank Gola, New York Daily News, 6 Dec. 2024
  • The climactic showdown might have been borrowed from any Blumhouse movie over the past 10 years.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 6 Oct. 2023
  • Previous showdowns have closed the government for as short as one day to as long as more than a month.
    — Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 22 Sep. 2023
  • Add to that the six sprint races and the total comes to 30 contests in just over nine months, with the final showdown in Abu Dhabi on December 8.
    — Brad Spurgeon, Robb Report, 7 Mar. 2024
  • Thursday’s showdown with Corona del Sol might feature the top two teams in 6A. 6.
    — Theo MacKie, The Arizona Republic, 20 Oct. 2022
  • Given the talent and story involved, this showdown had no choice but to be.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 2 Apr. 2023
  • So fans won’t need to be cursing the team for too long before finding out how this showdown between Gi-hun and In-ho comes to an end.
    — Matt Minton, Variety, 27 Dec. 2024

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