Sentence examples for showdown itself from inspiring English sources

The showdown itself led to an explosion of interest in the game, and when Fischer won the title he became an international celebrity outside of the chess world.

But as a commenter named AuraX says of the message board, "this is the battlefield" — a rabbley showdown that positions itself along the fault lines of the world's great debates.

This is where the "cinematic" tag really justifies itself: the showdown in which Amy calls Rory out on his claim that he loves her more, is Karen Gillan's finest piece of acting to date.

Each party howls that the other wants to "pack" the courts, but it is Mr Grassley's bid to eliminate three vacancies which Mr Obama would otherwise fill that looks most like an attempt to rig a court in an unashamedly partisan direction.If Republicans filibuster Mr Obama's nominees, a showdown over the filibuster itself will follow.

Here, another thing you will remember: monumental showdowns, Floyd Mayweather, Las Vegas itself and everything in it even the biggest things are actually very small.

The board might want to brace itself for a showdown with angry shareholders, who could revolt against the decision.

The Princeton A team emerged as the winner with a perfect score of 6-0 after a dramatic last round showdown with a team that called itself Knightmare III.

Others sketch out a vision of Britain commencing an era-defining showdown with the US, and reinventing itself as an impartial international mediator.

Yahoo is pulling out its biggest gun in the showdown with Carl Icahn: the Yahoo homepage itself.

Most intriguing story line: As a prelude to its showdown with Stanford, UCLA gets to measure itself against an honorary member of the Pac-12 Conference.

Yahoo Inc. on Thursday postponed a looming showdown for control of its board, giving itself more time to prepare a defense -- or negotiate a sale to Microsoft Corp. so that activist investor Carl Icahn would call off the mutiny.