Sentence examples for severe showdown from inspiring English sources
Against the backdrop of deep tension, there are even more signs of severe showdown.
Instead, lawmakers again found a way to sidestep many of the prickliest issues and in the process set up other, potentially more severe, showdowns in the new year.
The streaming music service has endured several hardships, including severe budget shortfalls and a 2007 showdown with the music industry over royalties.
If a showdown forces a severe economic downturn, each side will blame the other; ultimately, failure to act would hurt the party controlling the White House, they figure, and the political cycle points to Republican gains in 2014.
And Washington is gearing up for yet another showdown over fiscal policy, with severe spending cuts kicking in on March 1 if Congress fails to reach a budget bargain, just as Americans are starting to notice the larger tax bite in their paychecks from higher payroll and income taxes.
But now, as the White House and Congress prepare for a September showdown over the budget that could mean severe cuts for the federal arts agency, advocates are fretting over the absence of their strongest champion — a permanent chairman.
WASHINGTON -- The House Republican plan to have showdowns over both funding the government and raising the nation's debt limit could have severe consequences for the overall U.S. economy, non-partisan analysts said Wednesday.
Another showdown will loom.
