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Before skywatchers begin their countdown for the brief planetary alignment expected next month, some astronomical debunking has proved there may be less of a sky show after all.
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Leah Sarnoff, ABC News, 28 May 2024
Apple has a website to help fans keep track of the countdown and has produced shoulder content on Apple Music Radio.
—James Powel, USA TODAY, 20 May 2024
My struggle morphed into politely getting this appliance antihero off the phone, which took about 500 NASA countdowns.
—Denise Snodell, Kansas City Star, 8 May 2024
The countdown is on until the first Monday in May, and everyone is flocking to Manhattan as the pre-Met Gala festivities begin.
—Eliseé Browchuk, Vogue, 5 May 2024
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Leah Sarnoff, ABC News, 28 May 2024
Apple has a website to help fans keep track of the countdown and has produced shoulder content on Apple Music Radio.
—James Powel, USA TODAY, 20 May 2024
My struggle morphed into politely getting this appliance antihero off the phone, which took about 500 NASA countdowns.
—Denise Snodell, Kansas City Star, 8 May 2024
The countdown is on until the first Monday in May, and everyone is flocking to Manhattan as the pre-Met Gala festivities begin.
—Eliseé Browchuk, Vogue, 5 May 2024
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“Countdown.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/countdown. Accessed 6 Jun. 2024.
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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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