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These actions are a body blow to what remains of the postwar global trading rules.
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Wally Adeyemo, Foreign Affairs, 19 Aug. 2025
Potential price spikes would deliver a body blow to California motorists, who already pay the highest average price per gallon of gasoline in the country.
—Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 July 2025
For such a perfectionist, that must have been a body blow.
—August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2025
After each body blow delivered, Williams bellowed from the depths of his confidence.
—Marcus Thompson Ii, New York Times, 17 June 2025
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Wally Adeyemo, Foreign Affairs, 19 Aug. 2025
Potential price spikes would deliver a body blow to California motorists, who already pay the highest average price per gallon of gasoline in the country.
—Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 July 2025
For such a perfectionist, that must have been a body blow.
—August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2025
After each body blow delivered, Williams bellowed from the depths of his confidence.
—Marcus Thompson Ii, New York Times, 17 June 2025
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“Body blow.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/body%20blow. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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