blow
Example Sentences
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Chief among them is the seeming inability to absorb a blow and come back fighting.
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026
But what’s intended as a blow to the government is punishing the Cuban people.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
Still, other foreign sports brands haven’t suffered as big a sales blow in China as Nike has.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
And if so, doesn’t that just blow up Sauer’s theory that the whole point of this clause was to protect the citizenship of these exact people?
From Slate • Apr. 1, 2026
They looked like little towers made of rubble that a wind might blow over.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
