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The critical news, which may save Syria from a relapse into violence: Assad’s flight to exile in Moscow is a body blow to Iran’s ayatollahs and Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, for whom Syria had critical importance.
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Trudy Rubin, The Mercury News, 11 Dec. 2024
Washington fought back after absorbing the early body blow, using a 10-0 run to pull within 42-31.
—John Marshall, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Feb. 2024
All of which is to say that even though people change jobs all the time, especially in the PR biz, getting your hands on their internal documents, as is alleged here, is a serious body blow to a firm — at least from R&CPMK’s POV.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 27 Nov. 2024
But in the long run, the team with the better talent can withstand a couple of body blows and bounce back, and that’s what Baltimore did.
—Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 26 Nov. 2024
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Trudy Rubin, The Mercury News, 11 Dec. 2024
Washington fought back after absorbing the early body blow, using a 10-0 run to pull within 42-31.
—John Marshall, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Feb. 2024
All of which is to say that even though people change jobs all the time, especially in the PR biz, getting your hands on their internal documents, as is alleged here, is a serious body blow to a firm — at least from R&CPMK’s POV.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 27 Nov. 2024
But in the long run, the team with the better talent can withstand a couple of body blows and bounce back, and that’s what Baltimore did.
—Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 26 Nov. 2024
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“Body blow.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/body%20blow. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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