Sentence examples for heated showdown from inspiring English sources

But even here in Ishigaki, at the southern edge of Japan closest to the contested territory, many fear that the heated showdown may scare off other, more welcome Chinese visitors: tourists who sustain the town's resort-based economy.

After its most heated showdown with the Bush administration over access to classified information, the commission pressured the White House to declassify and make public a special intelligence briefing that had been presented to the president at his Texas ranch on Aug. 6, 2001, a month before the attacks.

WASHINGTON -- Despite a bruising fiscal cliff battle that managed to set the stage for an even more heated showdown that will likely take place in a matter of months, President Barack Obama is planning to move full steam ahead with the rest of his domestic policy agenda.

As the primary phase of the presidential campaign winds down speculation about the prospect of a Donald Trump versus Hillary Clinton general election showdown has heated up.

These narratives are utterly incompatible, setting the showdown for a month's worth of heated Twitter sparring and inane web-comment dueling.

The Bluetooth market is heating up with a showdown between cellphone headsets that reduce background noise and those that pledge to make in-bound calls sound clearer than ever.

The rivalry between Kobe Bryant and LeBron James has never been more heated, at least in the alternate universe created by advertisers who were banking on a certain N.B.A. finals showdown.

Though the World Series showdown this October petered out after four games and had record low TV ratings, things got pretty heated in the teams' hometowns of Detroit and San Francisco.

The goal is to insure that no one can launch a warhead — in the heat of a showdown with India, for example — without pausing to put it together.

The showdown, which took place in a mall, heats up pretty quickly as both happen to be amazingly skilled at their craft, giving the onlookers a very memorable shopping experience.

The Bulls had the N.B.A.'s best record, a fact that was often obscured by the blinding star power of the Heat, and the hyped showdown between Miami and Boston the semifinals.