Decisive
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The story "The Long High Noon" in the anthology Law of the Gun is about two Gunslingers trying to have a decisive shootout over several decades as the Old West fades around them.
Source: Twilight of the Old West -
What the decisive battle of Guandu arc boils down to is a tit-for-tat exchange of The Bait between Yuan Fang and Guo Jia and their trying their damnedest to make the other fall for theirs first.
Source: Manhua / Ravages Of Time -
Honor Before Reason: Rourke insists on bringing Smith to his destination even though the mercenaries trying to kill him have a decisive upper hand and will be waiting for them, after they've already pounded the armor off of Clear Skies.
Source: Machinima / Clear Skies
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