How To Use Showdown In A Sentence
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Henin derailed an all-Williams showdown by dismissing Serena in the quarterfinals for the third consecutive time at a Grand Slam.
Russians, ex-champs spice women's semis
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And he is now set for another defence before a summer showdown with a rival world champion.
The Sun
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In part two: Showdown: Soccer's big guns prepare for a shootout.
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It doesn't make the sting of defeat any less painful, and there are some who think it's all over, but the campaign has succeeded in whetting the media's appetite for a spectacular showdown on March 4, which is already being promoted as a sequel to Super Tuesday.
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The dispute is still thought likely to provoke a stormy, if not violent, showdown.
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The same poll had Kerry up by 2 after the second showdown — only to drop back to 8 points down again after the postdebate glow faded.
Getting Ready to Rumble
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Therefore it seems that a showdown and perhaps bloodshed is unavoidable, to be recorded by the international press teams aboard the “Freedom Flotilla.”
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Before I give brief bios of Robert and Mike, I thought I'd include some of the comments from readers on the Borden / Pearson showdown.
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Sean Lamont heads a quintet of wing specialists who are vying for position in the Stade de France showdown.
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The family had to take part in four games and a final showdown with the Herdman family from Powys.
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There was obviously going to be a big showdown, y'know?
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Saturday's final will feature a tantalizing showdown between Tendulkar, the leading run scorer in cricket history, and Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan, the sport's all-time leading wicket-taker.
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The change wreaked by the galactic showdown will take two billion years to unfold.
Times, Sunday Times
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But who will be checkmated in the final? showdown between these two men?
Breaking Bad Finale: Who Will Survive the "Face Off"?
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Wenger was asked whether it made things more special to effectively be in a title showdown with Ferguson's United.
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That "backlash" is unlikely to materialise, mainly because the core Eurosceptics in the parliamentary party are well aware that the Cameroonies – and Francis Maude in particular - would welcome a showdown, with hard-liners storming out of the party.
The advancing tide of disillusionment
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The council is heading for a showdown over the new proposals.
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This latest regatta was especially important, because from now on, points count towards the final showdown when a winner is chosen to challenge Alinghi for the Cup.
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There is no concept of equalising the bets, and a showdown is not possible with more than two players.
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And, of course, it means relinquishing power in due course - but going gently into that good night, rather than after some final, nail-biting showdown.
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It's a showdown between two of the world's most dangerous desert hunters: a red-tailed hawk and a diamondback rattlesnake.
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In standard poker, if there are two highest equal hands in a showdown, the pot is split between them.
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She was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.
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The final match of the regular season will be an Odsal showdown with bitter rivals St Helens on September 19.
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The now ex-king heard rumours of the impending showdown and when the group arrived had them arrested, ordered they be flayed alive and flogged to death.
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The showdown was fierce as both of them employed the basic rules of the trade: ruthlessness, mercilessness, and pitilessness.
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You know there's going to be a showdown over some communications technology issue when Google, Best Buy, Mitsubishi, Sony, TiVo and two other big companies start a new group with the word "alliance" in it.
Wired Top Stories
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Yet, it appears that it is meticulously refraining from any extreme actions that could trigger a military showdown with the United States.
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In a showdown, the winner will take the pot consisting of the small antes and the bets.
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He added that this was the year for "a political showdown to rescue Japan from falling into an irrecoverable crisis.
Japan Opposition Renews Calls for an Election Ahead of Consumption-Tax Debate
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The President is preparing for a showdown with his advisers over his plans to reform the economy.
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I'd like to avoid a showdown with my boss if I possibly can.
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The three were the best of friends at York and will no doubt enjoy sharing some liquid refreshment after tomorrow's showdown.
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Skipton's market traders could be heading for a showdown with the council over plans to hold a farmers' market once a month.
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The government threatened a showdown with Global Strategies Group, saying the London-based firm overstepped its powers when private guards shut the airport at dawn.
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The imbroglio was motivated by the pan-green camp's embarrassing defeat in the showdown, as the pan-blue alliance used its numerical advantage to change the order of nine bills on the agenda.
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A quartet of powerhouse teams, each with a uniquely skilled star, is set for a showdown in San Antonio in the strongest Final Four ever.
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The ensuing litany of botched deals, double-crosses and macho showdownery is complicated and, ultimately, exhausting.
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Yet its very banality is also somehow appropriate - for this war will be won or lost not in some grand showdown but in a trillion tiny everyday encounters, like those of commuters pouring off a suburban train.
The madrid agenda
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He faces a showdown with his bitter rival Jeffrey Donaldson, who is calling on him to resign.
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I attribute that to jitters, which is certainly understandable, given the anticipation that surrounded this showdown.
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While Horne's 2008 Edinburgh Fringe show of the same name focussed more on the personal quest - which took him all the way to the hallowed hotseat of a Vorderman-era Countdown showdown - the book covers a lot more etymological ground.
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Kicking off during the second week of July in Gallivare (that's Swedish Lappland to you), it features showdowns between such autonomist hopefuls as the aforementioned Padania (northern Italy), Kurdistan and Provence.
The Separatist’s World Cup
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South African rail-gang song "Shosholoza", meaning "Go Forward", when the Uruguayans left their hotel in the mining city en route to the showdown with Ghana in Johannesburg.
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The showdown between a district attorney and a Houston Chronicle reporter who refuses to reveal her sources moves into federal court Monday.
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He makes friends with the staff and even becomes a bit of a legend after a dramatic showdown with Dixon.
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The Nevada race represented perhaps the starkest showdown in the national battle between the Tea Party insurgency and the Obama/Dem vision, with Angle unabashedly arguing for dramatically scaled back or even non-existent government against Reid, the leading enabler of the Obama agenda.
Harry Reid wins!
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Whoever correctly guesses the most winning teams by the end of the regular season will snag an incredible pize - an over-the-top Bowl party to watch the ultimate football showdown on your own turf on February 6, 2011.
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De La Hoya, whom Pacquiao sent into retirement with an eighth round TKO in their showdown, is regarded as the PPV king with his bout against Mayweather Jr. chalking a record 2.5 million buys.
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Does she have a big showdown with Glenda?
The Sun
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Parents are gearing up for a showdown with education chiefs tonight over the future of a well-loved primary school.
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Lloyd Blankfein and other Goldman executives were lambasted by lawmakers for "unbridled greed" in an often-electric daylong showdown between Wall Street and Congress -- with expletives frequently undeleted.
Dems Use Goldman Hearing In Push For Financial Reform, Voinovich Poised To Switch Vote
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And he is now set for another defence before a summer showdown with a rival world champion.
The Sun
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Ben Foden insists England should wear the title favourites badge with pride heading into Saturday's RBS 6 Nations showdown with Italy at Twickenham.
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The announcement by Shamuyarira sharpens the threatening showdown between President Robert Mugabe, in the midst of a campaign to "indigenise" the economy, and the multinational companies that dominate the country's economy, who regard the government's directives as serious interference in private business.
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George Will takes three lessons from Wisconsin, and puts Walker in some very heady company: Walker's calm comportment in this crisis is reminiscent of President Reagan's during his 1981 stand against the illegal strike by air traffic controllers, and Margaret Thatcher's in the 1984 showdown with the miners' union over whether unions or Parliament would govern Britain.
Wonkbook: Are Republicans overreaching? Or just negotiating effectively?
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Among the more baffling parts of this showdown is why Madam Secretary would have invited such a comeuppance in the first place.
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The President is preparing for a showdown with his advisers over his plans to reform the economy.
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Given that the book's climax describes a showdown between sharecroppers and planters, one might imagine that class constituted a major fissure in the county's history.
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The world's top men's tennis players converge in Montreal for a highly competitive throwdown / showdown.
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So far the showdown with the unions has been prompted cock-up than conspiracy.
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His uncompromising stance has set the stage for a showdown.
Times, Sunday Times
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Birkirkara started the title showdown in great fashion, completely overcoming Flyers Depiro II who looked quite unsettled during the first set.
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The scene was set for the final showdown.
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Tomorrow, the showdown with Asafa Powell and the Yankee Boyz shall take place.
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And he is now set for another defence before a summer showdown with a rival world champion.
The Sun
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A showdown with their domestic rivals will sustain them a bit longer.
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More than 100 million viewers could watch the showdown.
The Sun
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He hopes his odyssey will end with a showdown against Italy.
Times, Sunday Times
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It's the big night, the showdown, what's being called the guy next door versus the guyliner.
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He believes that the RFU's attitude has made a showdown with Premier Rugby inevitable.
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Elmendorf was summoned to the White House for what became known as the “Showdown of the CBO Directors,” a wonkfest for those obsessed, as so many in Washington were just then, with the details of health care.
THE PROMISE
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The stage is set for a tremendous showdown, and in our minds there is but one question: who shall remain and what will be left of them?
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An oft-referenced chapter of the showdown played out from 1978 to 1980, a three-year time frame in which a pair of Demon state titles flanked a 1979 championship for the Sailors.
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It is the kind of scene at which McEwan excels: his depiction of the showdown is tense, visual and dramatic.
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In Wednesday's newspapers, German commentators debate who the real winner of this mini-showdown was and whether this actually signals that Clinton will be Obama's new pointman in negotiations aimed at controlling North Korea's nuclear program.
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In March 1644 the Royalists under Lord Hopton and the Parliamentarians under Sir William Waller were heading for a showdown.
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Constitutional showdowns between the two houses rarely end well for the Lords, and the country does not need yet another constitutional headache.
Times, Sunday Times
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The nail-biting contest between two previous winners and the supercomputer was dubbed by the press as the "ultimate man versus machine showdown".
To Be Gay In Indian Business
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Trades unionist Brian Anderson helped organise a major lobby of councillors as they entered the Guildhall for last week's showdown.
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A showdown with the former cruiserweight king would be huge - and huge fights are exactly what we want.
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The scene was set for the final showdown.
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Even the final showdown with the Green Goblin is premised as an ethical problem.
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On film, the battle of Helms Deep is an astonishing nightmare-scale bombardment, a cinematic showdown unlike anything ever witnessed before.
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Racers across Chippenham are busy practising their flipping skills this week in the run up to the town's annual pancake showdown on Tuesday.
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A showdown is planned for today and union insiders claim members may refuse to work overtime in protest.
The Sun
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It was suggested that the final showdown could take place in Mexico and involve a battle with brutal drugs cartels.
Times, Sunday Times
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The NFL all-star showdown was played in Honolulu from 1980 through 2009 in the week after the Super Bowl but moved this year to a week before the Super Bowl and to the site of the title spectacle as an experiment.
Raw Story
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But this did nothing to stop Grant from fulfilling his end of the showdown; he socked Hearns with a straight right to the body and followed up with a left hook that must have made Hearns' cranium vibrate.
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MOSCOW - A new showdown between president and parliament has shortened the fuse on Russia's constitutional time bomb as Moscow waits for Friday's meeting of the Congress of People's Deputies.
ANC Daily News Briefing
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Long before lapsing into Nazi metaphor, Brown scared off all the serious Democratic opposition and waltzed through his primary, setting up a November showdown with Whitman, the bazillionaire and former eBay chief executive.
At 72, California gubernatorial candidate is the same old Jerry Brown
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A director of the struggling rail operator Arriva is set for a showdown with fed-up train users next week.
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Too often it feels more like an acting exercise than a family showdown.
Times, Sunday Times
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We had a big showdown and I told him to go.
The Sun
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And they had showdown talks with Nigerian officials on Thursday instead of hitting the training field.
The Sun
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The showdown between a district attorney and a Houston Chronicle reporter who refuses to reveal her sources moves into federal court Monday.
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Hollywood in showdown over DVD 'ripper' - Hollywood calls it "rent, rip and return" and contends it's one of the biggest technological threats to the movie industry's annual $20 billion DVD market - software that allows you to copy a film without paying for it.
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She prepares for the showdown by rehearsing what she will say to this most unmotherly of mothers, reminding her of the atrocities she witnessed and facilitated, and the family she rejected.
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Of course after the showdown is held, expect the same triumphant pronouncements about Obama's consummate skills and ability to expose his opponent's weaknesses that the postdebate spin rooms during the primaries.
Getting Ready to Rumble
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The biggest showdown of the new footie season is nearly upon us.
The Sun
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The ridiculously defiant title ambitiously pits her -- not a typo -- against the music, suggesting a final showdown in which Britney suits up to, once and for all, eliminate that colossal aural evil by turning it on itself.
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Too often it feels more like an acting exercise than a family showdown.
Times, Sunday Times
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He was now strong enough to force a showdown with them.
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He winds up in rural Lillehammer, Norway, site of the 1994 Winter Olympic showdown between Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan the only linkage one could dream up might be the term "tire iron".
The Short List: Steven Van Zandt Goes to Norway in 'Lilyhammer'
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In the auto industry, where labor and management used to fight over the allocation of abundance, the coming showdown will be over the reduction of benefits won in palmier days.
LABOR SINCE THE OVERPASS
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A showdown that offered Obama a chance to seize the initiative by brokering a grand bargain with Boehner, buoying his re-election bid, now has him scrambling to marshal public opinion against the Republicans.
This Week: Debt Deal in House, Mourning in Norway
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The Mount Sion duo of goalkeeper Ian O'Regan and corner-forward Sean Ryan are the Waterford debutants in tomorrow's NHL showdown with champions Kilkenny at Nowlan Park.
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The President is preparing for a showdown with his advisers over his plans to reform the economy.
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Reid is practising ahead of his title showdown against champion Tom "Kong" Watson in May.
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The jovial, comic book dramaturgy, featuring sudden changes of fortune and explosive showdown scenes, contributed to the immense success of this film.
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The President is preparing for a showdown with his advisers over his plans to reform the economy.
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Maps such as roundhouse offer plenty of routes and places to hide out, while smaller maps such as Dome I found even more fun, as compared to COD4's showdown map.
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Q Some folks on Capitol Hill say that that's the problem, that if the result is foreordain, then that starts the fight, that there will be a floor amendment and you've got an early showdown on this issue --
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If it turns out that all the players in the showdown have twos, they all lose and the pot is carried forward to the next deal.
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The rare one-on-one showdown in massive multihulled boats now appears headed to Valencia,
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But for this showdown each choir faces a different challenge.
Times, Sunday Times
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The plot of the film elapses almost in real time as the minutes tick away toward the final showdown and as one townman after another declines to join Kane in his confrontation with Miller.
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Macken is hoping to see some action in Monday's potential showdown at Molineux, a ground where he has already tasted victory this season.
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Access to patient records Expect a big showdown over access to patient records.
Times, Sunday Times
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As spats go it was a fairly combustive one, and one which could have had a bloody conclusion when the veteran gunslinger and the new kid on the block met for their showdown in the Gleneagles Hotel dining room.
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A sequence of events since last spring made a showdown over these issues almost inevitable, analysts contend.
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That's the question at the centre of a hotly disputed election Saturday that will either give Mr. Ma and his Nationalist Kuomintang Party another term to pursue what he calls "normalization" with the mainland - or see Taiwan's 23 million people take a long step away from the People's Republic, and perhaps back toward the old showdown with Beijing.
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As usual in a showdown, the opponent's cards are exposed first and then you show your cards if they are better.
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That might save the webmasters’ butts from a legal showdown, but probably not the downloader, because let’s face it: If an army of well-funded lawyers wants to sue you, it will, technicalities (and you) be damned.
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She leaned against the closed door and took three deep breaths before she too got ready for the big showdown.
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The final fifteen minutes in particular, which theoretically contain the showdown between Stray Cat and Hundred Eyes, is a banal barrage of stagy and pretentious imagery.
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This year's battle for the Oscar nominations is shaping up to be a bare-knuckle showdown between veterans Eastwood and Scorsese.
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The showdown between a district attorney and a Houston Chronicle reporter who refuses to reveal her sources moves into federal court Monday.
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Although ministers are keen to avoid a high profile public showdown with the barons, they are confident of winning the argument.
Times, Sunday Times
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The showdown's third theme, Ready for Adventure, is currently open for submissions.
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Don't be surprised to hear the crowd cheering the American Michael Phelps when it comes to his showdown with the Thorpedo in the pool.
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Far more satisfying was the Howard Wolowitz/Sheldon Cooper showdown over whether their captured arthropod was Toby the common field cricket or Jiminy the snow tree cricket.
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He conceded it was "overlong" and "drags to a lacklustre showdown" but said Ritchie's version of Victorian London's famous detective deserved a sequel.
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When Mitt Romney heard the news he lit a cigar with a $100 bill and then wrote a cheque to "cash" for $1,000,000.01 just to prove a point.10am: There's no rest for the Republican presidential candidates as they criss-cross the country raising money and preparing for a showdown at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington DC this weekend.
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Superspeed shootist sheriff slays sister on the way to silver bullet showdown with supervillain shyster.
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A recurring reference on the Internet in China is that northerners and inlanders are itching for a showdown with Taiwan, while southerners and coastal inhabitants, who have the most to lose in a war, are leery of confrontation.
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The showdown came when the Andover people helped impose a ban on prostitution.
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Odd things have been happening to the Republicans in Congress since their disastrous showdown with the president over the budget.
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I'm a Celebrity, X Factor, 2009 "Rubbery pirate ship figurehead" Jordan and Simon Cowell ( "he prepares for each episode by dipping his head in matt-black Dulux and painting his dressing room wall with it") are the hapless cannon fodder in this double-barrelled reality showdown.
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The showdown between a district attorney and a Houston Chronicle reporter who refuses to reveal her sources moves into federal court Monday.
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Millions of dollars were spent on lawyers in a courtroom showdown between the two companies.
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Hollywood in showdown over DVD 'ripper' - AP - Hollywood calls it "rent, rip and return" and contends it's one of the biggest technological threats to the movie industry's annual $20 billion DVD market � software that allows you to copy a film without paying for it.
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A York boy who risked other people's lives in a rooftop showdown with police was today starting a four-month sentence.
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They are also gearing themselves up for a showdown with the board of directors as soon as the affair becomes public.
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Although ministers are keen to avoid a high profile public showdown with the barons, they are confident of winning the argument.
Times, Sunday Times
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As spats go it was a fairly combustive one, and one which could have had a bloody conclusion when the veteran gunslinger and the new kid on the block met for their showdown in the Gleneagles Hotel dining room.
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But when a final showdown occurs between a gang with gats and a group toting muskets and spear guns, it's clear that the filmmakers have lost their way.
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Fans gathered outside the stadium for the final showdown .
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The league is over and all thoughts must now turn to May 22 and a showdown with old rivals, Cork.
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He's had this showdown with you then he's rushed off to meet Lomax.
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She is now understood to be facing a showdown with bosses about her absence and it may cost her job.
The Sun
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Lord Macdonald's compromise solution avoided a constitutional showdown.
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Gwynnie's dad, Bruce, directed this sloppy, indifferent road flick about six battlers gathering in Omaha for a karaoke showdown.
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Just the tonic they needed ahead of tomorrow 's Euro showdown.
The Sun
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Maybe you actually have the best hand and would win in a showdown right now.
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David Beckham is already dreaming of a World Cup final showdown with his Old Trafford pal Juan Sebastian Veron.
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Now he must meet angry club bosses for showdown talks over his future next week.
The Sun
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The students had a showdown with police when the university tried to approve the deal without their say-so; 66 students were arrested and are to appear in court next month.
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Even the word contradict implies a civilized disagreement “Father, I beg to differ with you” as opposed to the humiliating public showdowns many of us have experienced.
THE BLESSING OF A SKINNED KNEE
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City's midfield enforcer admits some players might wilt in the heat of tomorrow 's showdown.
The Sun
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In these games the showdown is preceded by one or more periods of betting on who has the best combination of cards.
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The showdown instead is over what the FDA says is Ranbaxy's failure to correct significant manufacturing problems that could lead to subpotent drugs, allergic reactions or other problems.
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Whatever the line-ups, we're all set for Sunday's showdown at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium.
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Ellison's syndicate eventually prevailed, forcing the rare head-to-head showdown.
BMW Oracle puts America's Cup back in U.S. hands
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Next up is the big Louisiana Senate showdown on Saturday between last-minute GOP insurgent Chet Traylor and incumbent prostitute enthusiast/criminal harborer David Vitter.
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LAS VEGAS—With tasseled lingerie and top-drawer lawyers, the Burlesque Hall of Fame here is girding for a showdown with a group of striptease rivals.
Wheels of Justice (Bump and) Grind for Vegas's Battling Burlesque Shows
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Providing the flair they are known for on the football field, Brazil sambaed its way to what may well be an epic quarter final showdown against the Netherlands who provided a Dutch treat en route to ousting Slovakia for the third time with their 2-1 victory over Slovakia while
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Both largely take place mostly in the spooky woods, and feature a shrill showdown with an evil witch.
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Unfortunately, those who desire most ardently to cut back on government and its growth are those who most ardently press for a deal or a showdown that could lead to a shutdown.
Notable & Quotable
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When Nick finds out that his girl is shacking with Morgan, he flips out and kidnaps her, forcing Morgan into a showdown at the local warehouse.
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Okay, so it's not going to be Kobe versus LeBron from the tip-off on Thursday after the Orlando Magic spoiled the highly-anticipated showdown by upsetting the Cleveland Cavaliers to advance to a title tussle with the Los Angeles Lakers.
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Jones had a showdown with his boss regarding his vacation.
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Despite a degree of reticence from some parts of the Aussie media, tickets for yesterday's showdown were harder to come by than a dunny in the bush (as they say in these parts).
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The final showdown takes place in the sinister cityscape, which still has its creepy visual charge.
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Beautifully shot as a blend of Kurosawa’s slow motion, Leone’slong shots, and Miike’shyper-kinetic action allof which is reinforced by the climatic showdown between sword and gun.
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A bitter feud is threatening to overshadow Liverpool's Worthington Cup semi-final showdown with Sheffield United.
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The Gold Cup, the blue-riband race at U.K. horse-racing's Cheltenham Festival, features one of the most eagerly anticipated showdowns in its 86-year history Friday when Kauto Star and Denman renew hostilities.
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In a showdown, the winner will take the pot consisting of the small antes and the bets.
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Lord Macdonald's compromise solution avoided a constitutional showdown.
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Hollywood in showdown over DVD 'ripper' - Hollywood calls it "rent, rip and return" and contends it's one of the biggest technological threats to the movie industry's ...
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The Prime Minister is preparing for a showdown with Ministers.
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The carnage was the product of a showdown between two crime bosses – Fernando "The Engineer" Sanchez Arellano and Teodoro "El Teo" Garcia Simental, a renegade lieutenant who rose through the ranks by dissolving bodies in vats of lye.
Mexico Upset By California Efforts To Legalize Pot
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What will help is that United's next two opponents both have to win although, following the confused display at the Emirates last Sunday, Ferguson will also demand a response ahead of the title showdown as he guards against the danger that this evening's contest will be regarded as a procession - especially against a side who scored five goals against Inter Milan in the San Siro in the quarter-finals.
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Ivanovic and Carvalho will miss the title showdown with Manchester United over Easter and they will remain doubts for the FA Cup final, should Chelsea beat Aston Villa in the semi-final a week later.
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Liverpool fan Nolan is looking forward to a likely showdown with warhorse Mark Hughes, who has been used in a deeper role by Blackburn recently.
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It will be down to the likes of Neil Jenkins and Rob Howley to inject new life into the side ahead of their opening showdown with England.
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The scene was set for the final showdown.
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The duel - more equal and balanced in the play than in the film, where the camera unfairly favours Nicholson - is a showdown between two opposed acting styles.
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The manager had showdown talks with his board yesterday and has been promised he can bring in loan players this week.
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Jacobson fashions the dark tale as an updated western complete with six-gun showdowns and getaways on horseback.
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• NASA showdown looms as shuttle workers face layoffs: With more than 1,500 space shuttle workers facing layoffs this week, legislators plan to take a final shot at passing a blueprint for the U.S. human space program before adjourning.
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The long-running saga of whether quarrying is to be permitted at an historic Peak District beauty spot is set for a final showdown.
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It will be an Aussie and American showdown with the fastest two from USA and the next fastest two from Australia the boys will be looking to qualify for tomorrow night's final in good lanes.
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The race between Riley, the darling of the business community, and Moore, the religious conservative in excelsis, is shaping up as a showdown between the two pillars of the Republican Party, with implications that reach far beyond Alabama.
Roy and His Rock
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The Spartans and the Tar Heels meet for the title showdown in a rematch from earlier in the season.
Undefined
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Three months after triumphing in a ‘him or me’ showdown with Peter Lewis, then the Guggenheim chairman, who demanded he stay focused on New York, the unchastened Krens took off for Mexico City with a delegation of board members.
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The final showdown, like many other dramatic moments in the novel, recalls similar scenes in countless adventure novels; and Parris's dialogue - courtly one moment and modern the next - often seems unmoored from the novel's era ...
Heresy: Summary and book reviews of Heresy by S.J. Parris.
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England now face a quarter-final showdown with host nation Portugal.
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After two careers spent battling each other in the top arenas of the world, this is the final showdown.