Sentence examples for potential showdown from inspiring English sources

Still, speedway officials played up the potential showdown on their Web site.

Sacramento, a onetime N.B.A. outpost, is looking golden, sailing toward a potential showdown with the two-time defending champion Lakers.

But the judge had ordered that Musharraf appear in court on Thursday, setting up a potential showdown.

A decade later, the teams are each a game from a potential showdown in the final of the Champions League.

Iran analysts said they were bracing for the next potential showdown on Feb. 11, the anniversary of Iran's 1979 revolution.

But Democrats only plan a reprieve of two weeks.That sets up another potential showdown just before Christmas.

Though freshly re-elected, the president is embroiled in a difficult negotiation with Republicans and Democrats in Congress over a fiscal agreement, as well as a possible showdown over his potential nomination of Susan E. Rice, the ambassador to the United Nations, for secretary of state.

With the Senate in session just for the day, a potential floor showdown was put off until Jan . 25

As Mr. Warner left his Senate office on Friday afternoon, he carried a briefcase of material to prepare for a potential legislative showdown in the coming days.

Williams was given a difficult draw for this tournament and faces a potential quarterfinal showdown against Jennifer Capriati, who was pushed to three sets in her opening-round victory over Denisa Chladkova, 2-6, 6-2, 6-2.

Approximately 70,000 people are expected at Wembley for an afternoon billed as the "Big Hit", and Sinfield insists England can deliver the knockout blow that would provide safe passage to a potential final showdown against Australia.