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Recent Examples of deathblow
If the royal family thought ‘Spare’ was damaging, a memoir by Fergie could deliver a death blow.
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Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 18 Nov. 2025
But the people who love it have put it back together strong enough that a century of decay, the weather, ownership changes, cultural shifts, funding nightmares and a deadly virus couldn't strike the death blow.
—Laura L. Davis, Nashville Tennessean, 9 Nov. 2025
This is not going to be a death blow to the president.
—Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
The marine heat wave was just the final death blow.
—Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 24 Oct. 2025
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Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 18 Nov. 2025
But the people who love it have put it back together strong enough that a century of decay, the weather, ownership changes, cultural shifts, funding nightmares and a deadly virus couldn't strike the death blow.
—Laura L. Davis, Nashville Tennessean, 9 Nov. 2025
This is not going to be a death blow to the president.
—Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
The marine heat wave was just the final death blow.
—Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 24 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deathblow
Noun
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Nominalism and positivism have deluged the world with vast quantities of little-read scholarship whose underlying rationale is often the confutation of the very possibility of the larger-scale intelligibility of the world.—
M. D. Aeschliman,
National Review,
20 Feb. 2022
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Last year’s Frieze LA was held in the shadow of the calamity, just six weeks on.—
Nate Freeman,
Vanity Fair,
25 Feb. 2026
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His exile finally ended in November—just in time for a second crypto calamity in the form of FTX’s collapse.—
Leo Schwartz,
Fortune,
17 Feb. 2026
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Netflix also streamed Anthony Joshua’s sixth round knockout of Paul back in December.—
Joe Otterson,
Variety,
23 Feb. 2026
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Plume continues as a lunch and dinner spot throughout the day, and pours cocktails inspired by Taiwan’s indigenous birds after dark (the Regulus Goodfellow with local craft gin, pine needle tea, and maple syrup is a knockout).—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Feb. 2026
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While the Supreme Court’s majority opinion did not explicitly outline a repayment protocol, dissenting Justice Brett Kavanaugh highlighted the looming administrative disaster.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
20 Feb. 2026
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The latter possibility, however, could give rise to enough disaster and famine to fully destabilize human civilization.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
20 Feb. 2026
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The company wants to be allowed to use a commercial crusher to process the rock on site, but says it wouldn’t be done frequently.—
Don Stacom,
Hartford Courant,
15 Feb. 2026
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The rock crusher itself appeared to be a mobile unit, not a permanent one.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Jan. 2026
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Megan Keller delivered the clincher, scoring the game-winning goal in overtime of Team USA’s 2-1 win over Canada in Thursday’s final.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
21 Feb. 2026
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Tyrese Maxey led the Stars with nine points in the clincher.—
Greg Beacham,
Twin Cities,
16 Feb. 2026
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Johnny’s life was cut short in a tragedy that still feels impossible to process — struck and killed by a car while riding his bicycle.—
Peter Folan,
Boston Herald,
25 Feb. 2026
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Victim families are deeply disappointed and warn that without action, another tragedy is inevitable.—
Josh Funk,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Feb. 2026
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What has a snail to hope for, faced with so many potential cataclysms?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Feb. 2026
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Santayana’s writings served as a guiding light during some of the darkest days of two World Wars and the near cataclysm of the mid-20th century—a fate that none other than Ray Dalio sees repeating itself in the near future.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
17 Feb. 2026
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