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COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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final
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Both eased their way to victory over Yorkshire and Surrey to set up a final day showdown .
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Now that the election was over, he added, the president was determined to have a final showdown with the isolationists.
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Steve Jobs was convinced that Macintosh was the final showdown at the Computer Corral.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Everyone in the office knew that there would be a showdown sooner or later, the way things were going.
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The Senate moved toward another showdown with the President over the budget.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A sequence of events since last spring made a showdown over these issues almost inevitable, analysts contend.
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Behind the scenes Pilger, still fuming from the Kennedy Hotel showdown , was working separately.
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I felt it was necessary to have a showdown .
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Odd things have been happening to the Republicans in Congress since their disastrous showdown with the president over the budget.
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So you must expect one last showdown that's followed by a decisive step in a new direction.
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The showdown between Rosecrans and Bragg finally came in mid-September.
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The showdown came when the Andover people helped impose a ban on prostitution.
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What happened was the night before break started, Rudy and I had another one of our showdowns in his bed.