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as in calamity
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Recent Examples of deathblow
The all-encompassing figure for loss reflects the reality faced by those like Christine D., for whom the destruction of her home was a financial death blow to a way of life.
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Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2025
Resorting to unilateral military strikes against the cartels would constitute a death blow to cooperative law enforcement efforts between the United States and Mexico.
—Vanda Felbab-Brown, Foreign Affairs, 17 Feb. 2025
And that, unfortunately, could lead to higher prices, layoffs, and ultimately be a death blow for some small distilleries.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 14 Feb. 2025
But where to start in dealing twin death blows to Christianity?
—Dan Miller, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
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Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2025
Resorting to unilateral military strikes against the cartels would constitute a death blow to cooperative law enforcement efforts between the United States and Mexico.
—Vanda Felbab-Brown, Foreign Affairs, 17 Feb. 2025
And that, unfortunately, could lead to higher prices, layoffs, and ultimately be a death blow for some small distilleries.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 14 Feb. 2025
But where to start in dealing twin death blows to Christianity?
—Dan Miller, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deathblow
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Meantime Marty and his ex-wife Felicia (Karen Gillan), on good terms, commiserate by phone about the latest roster of calamities.—
Michael Phillips,
Chicago Tribune,
6 June 2025
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All these calamities are happening simultaneously — so many disasters coming at such speed that the bad news slams into Marty like a psychological avalanche.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
5 June 2025
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All eight of Teixeira’s career wins have come via first-round stoppage (seven knockouts, on submission).—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2025
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Managers also receive unlimited transfers before the tournament kick-off as well as ahead of the start of the round of 16, the knockout stage of the competition.—
Holly Shand,
New York Times,
11 June 2025
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Similarly, the market-resilience work performed by a lab at the University of California, Davis, offers solutions to farmers and agricultural communities that are vulnerable to intensifying weather disasters.—
Peter Slevin,
New Yorker,
9 June 2025
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Federal database that tracked costly weather disasters no longer being updated How to prepare for an earthquake disaster Huge earthquakes have long been an existential crisis for millions along the West Coast, as described in a 2022 USA TODAY article.—
Terry Collins,
USA Today,
8 June 2025
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The coup de grace was delivered a minute into injury time as Mount seized on a poor clearance from Athletic goalkeeper Julen Agirrezabala.—
Carl Anka,
New York Times,
9 May 2025
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The coup de grace will come some five billion years from now, when our expanding red giant sun engulfs and incinerates poor little Earth.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
7 May 2025
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Each of these tragedies reverberates through their departments and communities, amplifying the sense of vulnerability and loss.—
Jillian E. Snider,
Boston Herald,
13 June 2025
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Just hours before the accident, Kapur made a tribute to the Air India plane crash tragedy.—
StyleCaster Editors,
StyleCaster,
13 June 2025
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Game 3 drew a 1.1 rating on NBC, tied for the network’s lowest prime time rating ever with a West Wing rerun, and the highest figure was 1.8 for the Ducks’ clincher in Game 5.—
Jim Alexander,
Oc Register,
6 June 2025
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Detroit’s Game 6 clincher was seen by 6.78 million fans on NBC.—
Jason Clinkscales,
Sportico.com,
3 June 2025
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The Black Death, the bubonic plague that tore into England in 1348, was — this should not need saying — a cataclysm.—
Andrew Stuttaford,
National Review,
28 May 2025
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The film begins, as usual, with a vision of cataclysm: a Space Needle–esque building that both collapses and explodes.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
22 May 2025
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“Deathblow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deathblow. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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