mortal blow

Ever since Brendon McCullum took over more than two years ago, every Test reverse has been portrayed as a mortal blow to the Bazball ideology, ammunition to the section of England followers waiting for the whole project to fall on its backside.

Federal officials today suspended federal funding for the EcoHealth Alliance, possibly dealing a mortal blow to a U.S. research nonprofit that has been under fire since early in the COVID-19 pandemic.

How fitting it is that Australia, the oldest and fiercest foes, can deliver the mortal blow in Ahmedabad on Saturday.

There was little sign the violence was tapering off as the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to avenge the deaths and deal a mortal blow to the Palestinian terrorists.

Next year’s elections could also feature anti-Paxton Republicans trying to deal a mortal blow to the insurgents they consider the fringe of Texas conservative politics.