Sentence examples for showdown could be from inspiring English sources

Nasr says a showdown could be coming between Iran, the Shiite heavyweight, and Saudi Arabia, the Sunni behemoth.

The intensity of fighting in Kirkuk, which dragged on for more than two days, gives some indication of how bloody the Mosul showdown could be.

With thousands of troops dug in on each side, the showdown could be one of the last major confrontations between the Northern Alliance and the remnants of the Taliban.

Mr Brown said "the final showdown" could be postponed but eurozone leaders had to accept "the inescapable logic" of a fiscal union.

One of the iconic images of football is of linemen preparing to square off, face mask to face mask, with one hand dug into the turf in a three-point stance, but Commissioner Roger Goodell said Sunday that it was conceivable such showdowns could be prohibited.

By the final showdown, we could be back in the world of Oz or in the latest Narnia adventure.

WASHINGTON — In dueling weekly addresses, the White House and Republicans drew lines in the sand for their next fiscal showdown, which could be as soon as next month, when a Congressional fight is expected on raising the nation's borrowing limit.

Walter and David have a knockdown, drag-out showdown that could be Biblical or Homeric in its intensity and import but instead turns out to be a bland blur, the sole point of which is to set up a not-to-be-spoiled twist, when the surviving crew members get away aboard the Covenant to bring the still-dozing colonists and still-frozen embryos onward to Origae-6.

If Vogel is teaming up with the Brain Surgeon to face off against Dexter in a kill-or-be-killed showdown, she could be an incredibly formidable adversary.

But if either Mr Moroz or Mr Marchuk somehow squeaked through to the showdown, Mr Kuchma could be in trouble.

If Sunday were to be the final Manning-Brady showdown, then there could be no more appropriate setting.