blow-by-blow
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Other chapters, however, seem more peripheral, such as those that give blow-by-blow accounts of Russian-Qing diplomacy over the disputed Amur region far to the east of Mongolia.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025
He provides a blow-by-blow account of the days leading up to the ruling’s publication, including internal communications between the judges that, as a rule, are never shared with the public.
From Slate • Nov. 20, 2025
It was painstaking, and sometimes dull, and included a blow-by-blow account about how checks were approved, then cut, then mailed, then signed, then returned.
From Seattle Times • May 10, 2024
British newspapers carried blow-by-blow accounts of the trial with headlines like 'Mussoorie murder trial', 'hotel mystery' and the 'crystal gazing trial'.
From BBC • Jan. 13, 2024
Of course, we gave the entire office staff a blow-by-blow account of the incident, which had been far from pleasant.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
