Sentence examples for showdown by from inspiring English sources

SHOWDOWN, by David Corn.

They appear to be bracing for the league's coming labor showdown by locking out their fan base.

But they said it was up to Mr. Sadr to avoid a showdown by meeting American conditions.

On May 31 they mounted a mass demonstration, and on June 2 they forced a showdown by deploying armed national guards around the convention's hall.

Mr. Romney averted a Ham House showdown by showing up an hour early, thereby fueling reports that despite his aides' protestations, he was running scared from Mr. Gingrich.

And Iran began to prepare for the showdown by supplying more sophisticated weapons to Hezbollah — anti-ship and anti-tank missiles — and training its fighters in their use.

Alan likes him: he's always smiling, always making snappy one-liners, always weaselling himself out of boardroom showdowns by making uneasy friendships with the Team Leader.

Betts was targeted by the fan in Saturday night's 15-point Showdown victory by the Crows at Adelaide Oval.

In the play's second act, the two men have a verbal showdown, monitored by a referee.

In this analysis, the Senate "won" the payroll tax cut showdown late last year by passing a bill and then going home for the holidays.

This pattern continued across the foreign policy spectrum, culminating in the showdown precipitated by the crumbling of the Shah's regime, which Vance had analysed with great accuracy.