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Recent Examples of deathblow
Resorting to unilateral military strikes against the cartels would constitute a death blow to cooperative law enforcement efforts between the United States and Mexico.
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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
Leading 20-10, a run of five consecutive baskets on five possessions delivered a death blow to Sage Hill’s hopes.
—Martin Henderson, Orange County Register, 25 Jan. 2025
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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
Leading 20-10, a run of five consecutive baskets on five possessions delivered a death blow to Sage Hill’s hopes.
—Martin Henderson, Orange County Register, 25 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deathblow
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The de facto trade embargo between the world’s two largest economies had produced domestic and global economic pressure that appeared on the brink of calamity.—
Phil Mattingly,
CNN Money,
12 May 2025
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This belies the notion that the CCP would be a reliable partner if the world ever faced calamity again.—
Matt Robison,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 May 2025
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The season is broken up into stages of competition, including blind auditions, battles, knockouts and playoffs.—
Melina Khan,
USA Today,
21 May 2025
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The continental experiences continued in San Sebastian come the start of the knockout phase, where fans wandered the tight passages of the old town searching for the best pintxos and savouring Basque cheesecake.—
Laurie Whitwell,
New York Times,
21 May 2025
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States like Florida could be forced to assume billions in costs for health care and disaster preparedness.—
Steve Bousquet,
Sun Sentinel,
17 May 2025
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Some states, including Florida and Texas, are already adequately prepared for disasters, according to the acting chief.—
Gabriela Aoun Angueira,
The Orlando Sentinel,
16 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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The coup de grace came Thursday in a 6-4 Oilers’ win at a raucous Rogers Place, which has become a house of horrors for the Kings.—
Houston Mitchell,
Los Angeles Times,
2 May 2025
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More crucially, comedy and tragedy are allowed to coexist as parallel realities.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
20 May 2025
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And a drowning tragedy struck a TikTok influencer's family.—
Rebecca Morin,
USA Today,
20 May 2025
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After losing the opener 2-1 in the 12th inning, Boston rebounded with a 10-1 victory on Saturday and 3-1 clincher on Sunday.—
Gabrielle Starr,
Hartford Courant,
11 May 2025
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The clincher was recruiting German stage designer Florian Wieder, who has been behind events including Eurovision, WrestleMania and Adele’s residency in Munich last summer.—
Nick Vivarelli,
Variety,
29 Apr. 2025
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In the real world, though, the cataclysm can come in on little cat feet.—
Andrew Marantz,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2025
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The effect can't be explained by lava temperatures alone, but rather a different event from the cataclysm.—
Michael Franco,
New Atlas,
28 Feb. 2025
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“Deathblow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deathblow. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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