blow
Example Sentences
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Chief among them is the seeming inability to absorb a blow and come back fighting.
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026
Riverside County valleys were under a wind advisory by the National Weather Service on Friday, with constant northeast winds expected to blow between 15 and 30 mph, with gusts up to 50 mph at times.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
In January, Google used a U.S. court order to aim a knockout blow at Ipidea.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
And if so, doesn’t that just blow up Sauer’s theory that the whole point of this clause was to protect the citizenship of these exact people?
From Slate • Apr. 1, 2026
The wind began to blow, and still the robot continued with her work.
From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown
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