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The leader of Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard was killed, Iranian state television reported, in a major body blow to Tehran’s governing theocracy and an immediate escalation of the nations’ long-simmering conflict.
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Jon Gambrell, Christian Science Monitor, 13 June 2025
For such a perfectionist, that must have been a body blow.
—August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2025
After each body blow delivered, Williams bellowed from the depths of his confidence.
—Marcus Thompson Ii, New York Times, 17 June 2025
The loss of West Publishing (now a subsidiary of Thomson Reuters) was a body blow to the vitality of an already struggling downtown amid the economic headwinds of the early ’90s.
—Nick Woltman, Twin Cities, 8 June 2025
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Jon Gambrell, Christian Science Monitor, 13 June 2025
For such a perfectionist, that must have been a body blow.
—August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2025
After each body blow delivered, Williams bellowed from the depths of his confidence.
—Marcus Thompson Ii, New York Times, 17 June 2025
The loss of West Publishing (now a subsidiary of Thomson Reuters) was a body blow to the vitality of an already struggling downtown amid the economic headwinds of the early ’90s.
—Nick Woltman, Twin Cities, 8 June 2025
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“Body blow.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/body%20blow. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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