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Recent Examples of body blow
The loss of West Publishing (now a subsidiary of Thomson Reuters) was a body blow to the vitality of an already struggling downtown amid the economic headwinds of the early ’90s.
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Nick Woltman, Twin Cities, 8 June 2025
But instead of having a day to remember, Purdy took another body blow in the longest season of his life.
—Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 22 Dec. 2024
The 45% hike in the city’s current citywide minimum wage of $17.25 an hour would be a body blow to many employers — and the ongoing trash fee debacle shows no one should trust City Hall to be competent in crafting and executing any major policy.
—U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 May 2025
The big body blow for the ECB, BCCI and cricket’s global appeal has already been delivered with the consecutive retirements of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli earlier in the month.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
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Nick Woltman, Twin Cities, 8 June 2025
But instead of having a day to remember, Purdy took another body blow in the longest season of his life.
—Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 22 Dec. 2024
The 45% hike in the city’s current citywide minimum wage of $17.25 an hour would be a body blow to many employers — and the ongoing trash fee debacle shows no one should trust City Hall to be competent in crafting and executing any major policy.
—U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 May 2025
The big body blow for the ECB, BCCI and cricket’s global appeal has already been delivered with the consecutive retirements of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli earlier in the month.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for body blow
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In Sabrina, Hepburn's character ends up with Bogart's character, the older brother who is pictured on the left, rather than Holden's, the younger brother who is kissing her.—
Jordana Comiter,
People.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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Former Yankee Kyle Higashioka tried to catch Domínguez at third, but the catcher made an errant throw that trickled into left.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
6 Aug. 2025
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Title The title is the legal right to own and use a property.—
James Nelson,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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Inducing matriculation and retention at a university is not NIL as understood as part of the right of publicity.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Just a few months after the Eagles cut ties with CJ Gardner-Johnson by sending him to the Texans, the star safety went down with a knee injury in practice last week.—
Justin Grasso,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Aug. 2025
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And for a Spurs side who have only added two players to the first 11 this window, while selling Son and losing Maddison to a knee injury.—
Jack Pitt-Brooke,
New York Times,
12 Aug. 2025
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With the game tied 6-6 after nine innings, three batters from each league took three swings and Philadelphia’s Kyle Schwarber homered three times to give the NL a 4-3 victory.—
Steve Megargee,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Aug. 2025
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After six days of almost unbelievable emotional swings, I am left with a deep, wordless sadness.—
Samantha Stutsman,
People.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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The Dolphins challenged for the league-worst the last couple of years, so the opening three Chicago kicks mattered.—
Dave Hyde,
Sun Sentinel,
10 Aug. 2025
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Marion earned preseason first-team honors as a kick returner by Sporting News, Phil Steele, Walter Camp and Athlon.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
10 Aug. 2025
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The Baltimore Streetcar Museum operates on its former Falls Road headquarters and announced plans to refurbish the line’s roundhouse.—
Jacques Kelly,
Baltimore Sun,
29 Mar. 2025
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This was like absorbing a roundhouse punch from Mike Tyson during Tyson’s prime.—
Josh Robbins,
New York Times,
13 May 2025
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Suddenly the dead air moved, the bare tree branches danced, shivers of excitement passed across the stray pools left from the morning’s rains.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 July 2025
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Everyone in the church was just shivers for what this woman's going through.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
14 July 2025
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These products can cause serious injury or death to young children who are climbing on the counter or crawling through the opening at the back.—
Chad Murphy,
The Enquirer,
5 Aug. 2025
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For each of the four grill packets, place a 16-inch-long sheet of heavy-duty foil on the counter.—
Bethany Thayer,
Freep.com,
3 Aug. 2025
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“Body blow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/body%20blow. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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