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Recent Examples of deathblow
The all-encompassing figure for loss reflects the reality faced by those like Christine D., for whom the destruction of her home was a financial death blow to a way of life.
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Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2025
Resorting to unilateral military strikes against the cartels would constitute a death blow to cooperative law enforcement efforts between the United States and Mexico.
—Vanda Felbab-Brown, Foreign Affairs, 17 Feb. 2025
And that, unfortunately, could lead to higher prices, layoffs, and ultimately be a death blow for some small distilleries.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 14 Feb. 2025
But where to start in dealing twin death blows to Christianity?
—Dan Miller, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
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Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2025
Resorting to unilateral military strikes against the cartels would constitute a death blow to cooperative law enforcement efforts between the United States and Mexico.
—Vanda Felbab-Brown, Foreign Affairs, 17 Feb. 2025
And that, unfortunately, could lead to higher prices, layoffs, and ultimately be a death blow for some small distilleries.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 14 Feb. 2025
But where to start in dealing twin death blows to Christianity?
—Dan Miller, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deathblow
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Meantime Marty and his ex-wife Felicia (Karen Gillan), on good terms, commiserate by phone about the latest roster of calamities.—
Michael Phillips,
Chicago Tribune,
6 June 2025
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All these calamities are happening simultaneously — so many disasters coming at such speed that the bad news slams into Marty like a psychological avalanche.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
5 June 2025
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Dembele’s role was crucial in the 1-0 victories away to Liverpool and Arsenal in the knockout stages, where the French side got past another Premier League team in Villa.—
The Athletic UK Staff,
New York Times,
2 June 2025
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Having conceded just one goal in this season’s group stages, Inter then saw off Feyenoord, Bayern Munich, and – in sensational fashion – Barcelona in the knockout stages.—
George Ramsay,
CNN Money,
30 May 2025
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Similarly, the market-resilience work performed by a lab at the University of California, Davis, offers solutions to farmers and agricultural communities that are vulnerable to intensifying weather disasters.—
Peter Slevin,
New Yorker,
9 June 2025
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Federal database that tracked costly weather disasters no longer being updated How to prepare for an earthquake disaster Huge earthquakes have long been an existential crisis for millions along the West Coast, as described in a 2022 USA TODAY article.—
Terry Collins,
USA Today,
8 June 2025
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The coup de grace was delivered a minute into injury time as Mount seized on a poor clearance from Athletic goalkeeper Julen Agirrezabala.—
Carl Anka,
New York Times,
9 May 2025
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The coup de grace will come some five billion years from now, when our expanding red giant sun engulfs and incinerates poor little Earth.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
7 May 2025
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The narrative moves between Joan’s ascent through the ranks, including a love story as explosive as a rocket launch, and a mid-decade disaster reminiscent of the Challenger tragedy.—
Bethanne Patrick,
Los Angeles Times,
1 June 2025
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Saar says the phrase refers to those seeking to export violence beyond the Middle East to places like America, making the D.C. shooting much more than a local tragedy.—
Rachel Wolf,
FOXNews.com,
31 May 2025
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Dodgers How one ‘crazy’ inning ignited Dodgers’ comeback in World Series clincher Oct. 31, 2024 The entire series will be nationally broadcast: Friday on Apple+, Saturday on Fox, Sunday on ESPN.—
Bill Shaikin,
Los Angeles Times,
29 May 2025
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Tyrese Haliburton will look to stay hot, coming off a 26-point, nine-assist night in their series clincher against Milwaukee.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 May 2025
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The Black Death, the bubonic plague that tore into England in 1348, was — this should not need saying — a cataclysm.—
Andrew Stuttaford,
National Review,
28 May 2025
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The film begins, as usual, with a vision of cataclysm: a Space Needle–esque building that both collapses and explodes.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
22 May 2025
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“Deathblow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deathblow. Accessed 13 Jun. 2025.
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