final blow
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For Dalkanat, expansion would be the final blow.
From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026
In August came the final blow: Glenn Medical would lose its Critical Access funding by April 2026.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 26, 2025
Surging interest rates and labor costs provided the final blow, pushing many properties into insolvency.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025
It said the new deal, which is still being worked on, was the "final blow" to its Vivergo Fuels Site at Saltend, near Hull.
From BBC • Jun. 16, 2025
Tempier’s pronouncements were not the final blow to Aristotelian philosophy, but they certainly signaled that the foundations were crumbling.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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