final blow
Example Sentences
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For Dalkanat, expansion would be the final blow.
From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026
Surging interest rates and labor costs provided the final blow, pushing many properties into insolvency.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025
The final blow came in the seventh, when Snell turned a two-on, two-out jam over to the bullpen after 116 pitches.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 29, 2025
The most recent trade deal was the final blow.
From BBC • May 28, 2025
Tempier’s pronouncements were not the final blow to Aristotelian philosophy, but they certainly signaled that the foundations were crumbling.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
