Sentence examples for had a showdown from inspiring English sources

"had a showdown" is a grammatically correct phrase in written English.
You can use it to describe a tense confrontation or a final confrontation between two or more people. For example, "After years of tension between the two neighbors, they finally had a showdown to settle their differences."

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IG Metall, Germany's biggest blue-collar union, had a showdown last year in eastern Germany.

Genower had a showdown with him and realised he and the magazine had been conned.

He had a showdown with John L. Lewis, boss of the coal miners' union.

In Budapest that year, he and his teammate, Lewis Hamilton, had a showdown during qualifying in which Alonso felt that he had not been supported by the team.

Late last year the company had a showdown with the French government over ArcelorMittal's plan to permanently close two idled blast furnaces at Florange, in eastern France.

Perhaps he's forgotten that we already had a showdown over the part of the Constitution that says federal law supersedes state law.

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You have a showdown at high noon".

The battling beekeepers will have a showdown this weekend at the National Beekeeping Centre at Stoneleigh in Warwickshire.

At the end of "The Girl Who Played with Fire," she has a showdown with Zalachenko.

On Sunday at 1 30 p.m. devoted teams of dreidel spinners will have a showdown, complete with playoffs and prizes.

To rescue Hermione, Harry barges into the Dragon Palace alone to have a showdown with the Dragon King.

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