blows

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Times columnists Gustavo Arellano, Mark Z. Barabak and Anita Chabria absorbed the rhetorical blows, followed the heated back-and-forths and took in each and every one of the candidates’ myriad policy prescriptions.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026

Meeting face-to-face, the enmity continued as the two donned hard hats and traded blows over the true cost of renovating Federal Reserve buildings.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

Despite his public praise for Sheinbaum, he continues to deal body blows that undermine her in Mexico.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

Hims in March struck an agreement with Novo Nordisk after trading blows for months.

From Barron's • Apr. 16, 2026

Wind blows in unexpected downdrafts and updrafts as it moves over mountain peaks, and this can slam a small plane into the ground.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein