as in to burst (in or into)
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Passengers on the flight back to Salerno were blowing in bags, as a bout of food poisoning apparently struck hard.
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James Horncastle, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
Jones suffered a big blow in Week 2 of practice when standout freshman receiver Cameron Tooley, whom the Tigers were very excited about, broke his femur and quite possibly will miss the entire season.
—Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Aug. 2025
The Dodgers landed the first blow in the six-games-in-10-days battle in a phone booth between the division rivals.
—Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 16 Aug. 2025
But the tariffs, which had minimal effects on consumer prices through the first five months of 2025, began delivering a bigger blow in June and forecasters expect a growing impact on the cost of goods over the next few months.
—Paul Davidson, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2025
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James Horncastle, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
Jones suffered a big blow in Week 2 of practice when standout freshman receiver Cameron Tooley, whom the Tigers were very excited about, broke his femur and quite possibly will miss the entire season.
—Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Aug. 2025
The Dodgers landed the first blow in the six-games-in-10-days battle in a phone booth between the division rivals.
—Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 16 Aug. 2025
But the tariffs, which had minimal effects on consumer prices through the first five months of 2025, began delivering a bigger blow in June and forecasters expect a growing impact on the cost of goods over the next few months.
—Paul Davidson, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2025
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