| bloody showdown | 0.53 | The confrontation appeared to be hurtling toward a bloody showdown for the capital, Grozny. | |||
| looming showdown | 0.53 | The looming showdown has also attracted foreign journalists. | |||
| next showdown | 0.53 | Indeed, the next potential showdown is just weeks away. | |||
| public showdown | 0.53 | Clinton and gun-control groups ought to be exploring ways to force that public showdown. | |||
| such showdown | 0.53 | So far, neither side appears ready for such a showdown. | |||
| expected showdown | 0.46 | The House action came as the Senate moved toward an expected showdown Friday on a similar proposal. | |||
| second showdown | 0.46 | That meant a second ballot showdown between Kennedy and Kefauver. | |||
| climactic showdown | 0.39 | And the climactic showdown is laugh-out-loud ludicrous. | |||
| d showdown | 0.39 | The Scots also will field the same side that lost the pool D showdown to France on a try in injury time last Saturday. | |||
| head-to-head showdown | 0.39 | This is a real head-to-head showdown. | |||
| long-awaited showdown | 0.39 | Meantime, Lewis hopefully will have another long-awaited showdown to deal with. | |||
| nuclear showdown | 0.39 | Senior Russian deputies speculated gloomily about nuclear showdowns with China, India and Pakistan. | |||
| classic showdown | 0.33 | Each of these flashbacks, filmed in sepia, is a different caricatured variation of a classic western showdown in a town square. | |||
| face-to-face showdown | 0.33 | A face-to-face showdown would have been better all around. | |||
| iraqi showdown | 0.33 | Clinton frames Iraqi showdown as a crisis with potentially horrible consequences. | |||
| much-anticipated showdown | 0.33 | At one time, Graf vs. Capriati was a much-anticipated showdown on the WTA Tour. | |||
| olympic showdown | 0.33 | Russia lost two crucial Olympic showdowns on Friday. | |||
| parliamentary showdown | 0.33 | Premier Lamberto Dini has one last day to think about whether he should quit and avoid the possible embarrassment of losing a parliamentary showdown. | |||
| quarter-final showdown | 0.33 | She now faces a quarter-final showdown with talented Romanian Irina Spirlea. | |||
| similar showdown | 0.33 | Scotland and South Africa face a similar showdown in Group Three. |