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The big body blow for the ECB, BCCI and cricket’s global appeal has already been delivered with the consecutive retirements of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli earlier in the month.
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Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
Remember the body blow of injustice, and don’t get mad — get hungry.
—Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 9 May 2025
Australia hasn’t been subject to the body blows that Mr. Trump has delivered to other longstanding U.S. allies, and that have become a factor in at least one recent election — like threatening Canada’s sovereignty and calling into doubt the future of military alliances with Europe.
—Victoria Kim, New York Times, 4 May 2025
What the Trump administration is doing with funding is a body blow to American science, but doesn’t have to be a fatal one.
—Bryan Walsh, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
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Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
Remember the body blow of injustice, and don’t get mad — get hungry.
—Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 9 May 2025
Australia hasn’t been subject to the body blows that Mr. Trump has delivered to other longstanding U.S. allies, and that have become a factor in at least one recent election — like threatening Canada’s sovereignty and calling into doubt the future of military alliances with Europe.
—Victoria Kim, New York Times, 4 May 2025
What the Trump administration is doing with funding is a body blow to American science, but doesn’t have to be a fatal one.
—Bryan Walsh, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
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“Body blow.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/body%20blow. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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