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Recent Examples of countdown
Most prominently, engineers detected leaking hydrogen during the test, known as a wet dress rehearsal that simulates a launch day countdown.
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Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 3 Feb. 2026
The hourslong rehearsal involved filling the rocket with more than 700,000 gallons of cryogenic propellant and simulating each step of the launch countdown as would occur on the actual day.
—Denise Chow, NBC news, 3 Feb. 2026
In Birmingham this July, a series of events heralding the Invictus Games' one-year countdown will take place.
—Simon Perry, PEOPLE, 1 Feb. 2026
The 20-year-old artist tackled the track in-studio alongside his band, just one week after landing inside the top 10 of Australia’s annual Hottest 100 countdown himself.
—Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 31 Jan. 2026
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Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 3 Feb. 2026
The hourslong rehearsal involved filling the rocket with more than 700,000 gallons of cryogenic propellant and simulating each step of the launch countdown as would occur on the actual day.
—Denise Chow, NBC news, 3 Feb. 2026
In Birmingham this July, a series of events heralding the Invictus Games' one-year countdown will take place.
—Simon Perry, PEOPLE, 1 Feb. 2026
The 20-year-old artist tackled the track in-studio alongside his band, just one week after landing inside the top 10 of Australia’s annual Hottest 100 countdown himself.
—Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 31 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for countdown
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Lower‑demand preliminaries will likely be the most affordable, while high‑profile events—gymnastics finals, swimming finals, track and field, and the opening ceremony—will sit at the top end of the pricing spectrum.—
Paris Wilson,
Condé Nast Traveler,
17 Jan. 2026
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Is it reduced to yet another fill-in-the-blank preliminary to a national title game in some super-duper-they-look-alike stadium?—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Jan. 2026
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Altman resisted any trade overtures at the time.—
Jason Lloyd,
New York Times,
4 Feb. 2026
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Instead, at most programs, the National Anthem serves as an overture.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
3 Feb. 2026
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Meanwhile, Little Miss Curlin lost for the first time in five starts, coming north after cleaning out the competition in her native Louisiana.—
Bob Wisener,
Arkansas Online,
15 Feb. 2026
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And 2026 is already off to a bloody start, with 46 killed so far, according to the group.—
Zeena Saifi,
CNN Money,
15 Feb. 2026
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The Pentagon worries that an expanding Chinese arsenal could be a prelude to invading Taiwan or an attempt to beat America's missile defenses, Panda said.—
Geoff Brumfiel,
NPR,
11 Feb. 2026
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In Puerto Rico, watch parties treated the game as a prelude.—
Martin Silva Rey,
Fortune,
10 Feb. 2026
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“Countdown.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/countdown. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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