blow over

Example Sentences

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Locals wish the whole thing would blow over.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

To that end, Granville’s new base-case timeline sits somewhere between four to five weeks and the five months that it took for the 2022 oil shock to blow over.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 18, 2026

While shares remain up 21% this year, they suffered a blow over concerns about the company’s artificial intelligence spending.

From Barron's • Nov. 6, 2025

One blow over long-on for six was disdainful.

From BBC • Jun. 22, 2025

We split the session and I was still hoping that things would blow over.

From "145th Street: Short Stories" by Walter Dean Myers