Sentence examples for facing a showdown from inspiring English sources

But at a delicate moment for the union, which is facing a showdown with the commissioner's office over discipline for players linked to the Biogenesis drug investigation, Weiner continues to work.

Instead, the German chancellor was beaten to it by François Hollande (also facing a showdown with the voters in 2017) who has made it clear he will not sign TTIP in its current form.

Two more companies – advertising group WPP and insurer Aviva – are facing a showdown with shareholders over boardroom pay amid a wave of new found activism among big City investors.

If the Republicans were facing a showdown between two of their political giants, chances are that someone like Mr. D'Amato would step in, bang a few heads, and force one of the two to take one for the team and bow out.

But given the fractious climate around housing right now, the company may be facing a showdown in its own hometown this November.

Now the GOP appears to be facing a showdown between ideological purity and the self-interest of the powerful.

They then face a showdown with their west-London neighbours on December 23 as the festive fixtures get into full swing.

Some of them are even threatening a national strike next month.So President Kim faces a showdown with the unions.

A law student from Nottingham faces a showdown with the world's most beautiful women after being crowned Miss England 2010 today.

Madonna faces a showdown with the Russian legal system after she promised today to violate a new law that prohibits "homosexual propaganda" in the city of St Petersburg.

The current President Bush faced a showdown with Beijing over a collision between an American spy plane and a Chinese fighter jet.