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Recent Examples of deathblow
In the view of the movie theater industry trade association Cinema United, the deal — which is still pending regulatory approval and would not go into effect until Q3 next year — represents a death blow to multiplexes.
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Chris Lee, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2025
If the royal family thought ‘Spare’ was damaging, a memoir by Fergie could deliver a death blow.
—Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 18 Nov. 2025
This is not going to be a death blow to the president.
—Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
Decay, the weather, ownership changes, cultural shifts, funding nightmares or a deadly virus couldn't strike the death blow.
—Keith Sharon, Nashville Tennessean, 18 May 2025
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Chris Lee, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2025
If the royal family thought ‘Spare’ was damaging, a memoir by Fergie could deliver a death blow.
—Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 18 Nov. 2025
This is not going to be a death blow to the president.
—Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
Decay, the weather, ownership changes, cultural shifts, funding nightmares or a deadly virus couldn't strike the death blow.
—Keith Sharon, Nashville Tennessean, 18 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deathblow
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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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The calamity in the Atlanta race quickly drew comparisons to other errors, where leaders have mistakenly followed lead cars exiting the race course shortly before the finish.—
Bill Chappell,
NPR,
31 Mar. 2026
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Behind every trauma and calamity, whether personal or global, whispers of Jewish machination can be heard by those already listening for them.—
Mike Rothschild,
Big Think,
31 Mar. 2026
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After suffering a brutal knockout at UFC Seattle, Maycee Barber is already planning her comeback.—
Kyle Newman,
Denver Post,
31 Mar. 2026
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In addition to the five group stage matches, AT&T Stadium will host four matches in the knockout round, including a semifinal.—
Jim Barnes,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
30 Mar. 2026
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Taken to an extreme, an ever-evolving idea of retirement could outlive drastic institutional change, perhaps enduring longer than the institutions of American democracy or beyond climate disaster.—
Trevor Jackson,
The New York Review of Books,
4 Apr. 2026
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Steve DeJong will retire from the Homewood Fire Department after more than two decades to accept a position at MABAS Illinois, the statewide mutual aid and disaster response coordinator.—
Evy Lewis,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Apr. 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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There’s something about the clincher in a 2-0 win, when the opposition has been pressing for an equaliser with tension mounting as your slender lead starts to look precarious.—
Nick Miller,
New York Times,
16 Mar. 2026
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But the clincher came from Miller.—
Idaho Statesman,
Idaho Statesman,
4 Mar. 2026
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North Miami Mayor Alix Desulme, who sometimes served as a mentor and listening board for Metayer Bowen, was equally saddened by the tragedy.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
2 Apr. 2026
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Despite the Reina Sofía’s many refusals to lend the work to various institutions around the world, its rebuff of the Guggenheim’s request carries a particular sting because the Basque Country has long held that the painting belongs in the place where the depicted tragedy occurred.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
1 Apr. 2026
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And star-formation will continue for trillions of years, providing new lights in the sky and new chances for cataclysms like supernovae, kilonovae, and tidal disruption events.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
31 Mar. 2026
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Just a few things going a bit wrong could compound, all at once, into a cataclysm.—
Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
26 Mar. 2026
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“Deathblow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deathblow. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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