high noon
Example Sentences
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“It was a showdown at high noon, and he got trounced.”
From BBC • May 30, 2024
Fittingly, it’s a high noon showdown at Clemson Memorial Stadium.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 20, 2023
It was high noon in a disused hangar at Tempelhof airport, near the center of Berlin, and the Komische Oper was troubleshooting its new swimming pool.
From New York Times • Sep. 14, 2023
Each side eyed the other warily for about an hour, like gunslingers on Main Street at high noon waiting to see who would make the first move.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 1, 2022
It is as if the hands on a great national clock were moving together toward high noon.
From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson
