final blow
Example Sentences
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Bordeaux picked up a bonus point when Jalibert ploughed over and Ugo Boniface extended the lead before Salesi Rayasi inflicted one final blow on Toulon at the death.
From Barron's • Dec. 21, 2025
Surging interest rates and labor costs provided the final blow, pushing many properties into insolvency.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025
The final blow came in the seventh, when Snell turned a two-on, two-out jam over to the bullpen after 116 pitches.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 29, 2025
The final blow came when she got laid off with only two weeks’ pay, then suffered through a three-month backlog of unemployment claims as her bank account dwindled.
From Salon • Dec. 27, 2024
I don’t know much about this war, or about the Horsemen of Rohan, but Saruman seems to have meant to finish off the king and all his men with one final blow.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
