blow
Example Sentences
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Scott Parker's side don't score enough goals so it was real blow for them to get level at Brentford with five minutes to go on Saturday and still get nothing from the game.
From BBC
Talksport host Jim White ended the interview by asking O'Neill if he would be emotional when the full-time whistle blew on Wednesday.
From BBC
Space Force Capt. Gordon McCulloh was sitting in a military propeller plane high in the calm, dark sky over New Mexico on a recent Wednesday night when his squadron’s group chat blew up.
More than the financial blow, however, Ms Siourtou speaks of the emotional toll.
From BBC
“A severe blow to Logic” is how a character describes the death of a philosophy professor in Stoppard’s 1972 play “Jumpers.”
From Los Angeles Times
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