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low blow

noun as in abuse

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It sounds like a low blow, and an odd attack line in a diverse state filled with immigrants and newcomers of all kinds.

Considering how the streaming era has already made a big dent in many artists' incomes, Emily Portman says this affair has felt like a "very low blow".

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Usyk was floored in the fifth round but it was deemed to be a low blow and the 38-year-old was given almost four minutes to recover.

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Dorticos lost a point after the referee penalized him for connecting consecutive low blows.

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Scull complained about low blows, most of which were legitimate punches, and Alvarez was warned for punching when his opponent had his back turned in the 11th.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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