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The late-night gossip show El Chiringuito had superimposed Mbappe’s face over a countdown clock in the final days of the window, anticipating his arrival.
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Adam Crafton, New York Times, 8 July 2025
Both works are countdowns of a kind, but where Bowie shouts into the void, Drake gently turns away from it.
—arkansasonline.com, 5 July 2025
With a countdown clock in the corner of the screen to let folks know when the game would resume, the ploy proved a hit, with the show garnering about 28.9 million viewers.
—Cheryl V. Jackson, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
And the digital countdown clock, which Uncle Jimmy had his friend Computer install, finally reaches zero.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 28 June 2025
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Adam Crafton, New York Times, 8 July 2025
Both works are countdowns of a kind, but where Bowie shouts into the void, Drake gently turns away from it.
—arkansasonline.com, 5 July 2025
With a countdown clock in the corner of the screen to let folks know when the game would resume, the ploy proved a hit, with the show garnering about 28.9 million viewers.
—Cheryl V. Jackson, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
And the digital countdown clock, which Uncle Jimmy had his friend Computer install, finally reaches zero.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 28 June 2025
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“Countdown.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/countdown. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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countdown
noun
count·down
ˈkau̇nt-ˌdau̇n 
: the process of counting off backward in fixed units (as seconds) the time remaining before an event (as the launching of a rocket)
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