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Khalil’s hopes of avoiding deportation via the federal track suffered a significant blow in January when an appeals panel ruled that the immigration court should decide the legality of the government’s actions.—Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 3 Mar. 2026 Samantha Dynowsky, state director for Sierra Club Connecticut, said that the rulings are a devastating blow in the fight against climate change.—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 2 Mar. 2026 The deadly gusts were thought to be blowing in from the ocean or from thunderstorms outside the airports.—Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026 Another blow in a broader battle The Kansas law is a flash point in the ongoing battle across the country for legal recognition of trans and nonbinary people’s existence.—Noelle Martin, The Conversation, 1 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for blow in