How to Use deal a blow in a Sentence

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  • The Raiders know Rivers would love to deal a blow to their playoff hopes after all those battles over the years.
    Tim Bielik, cleveland, 13 Dec. 2020
  • The kicker is that Democrats have told Americans their bill will deal a blow to China.
    Allysia Finley, WSJ, 14 Aug. 2022
  • The move could deal a blow to shoppers who plan their store trips based on weekly newspaper ads.
    Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, 2 May 2023
  • The executive order could also deal a blow to firms based in India.
    Grady McGregor, Fortune, 23 June 2020
  • The shorter holiday could deal a blow to airlines as well as tourist hot spots like Bali, which had banked on the year-end for a revival in consumer demand.
    Tassia Sipahutar, Bloomberg.com, 2 Dec. 2020
  • The London Metal Exchange floated the idea of a ban on Russian metal, a move that could deal a blow to the country's huge aluminum industry.
    Joe Wallace, WSJ, 7 Oct. 2022
  • The former president is facing down hundreds of millions of dollars in loans that need to be repaid, and the legal threat to his business could deal a blow to his finances.
    New York Times, 1 July 2021
  • The capture of Avdiivka would be a strategic success for Russia — the city is a linchpin of Ukrainian defenses in the region — and would deal a blow to Ukrainians’ morale.
    Constant Méheut, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2023
  • The video sector is forecast to remain robust this year, but recession could deal a blow to sector performance in 2023.
    Patrick Frater, Variety, 27 Sep. 2022
  • In which case, this would also deal a blow politically (or at least the Progressive democrats that have been pushing it) since this has been a huge talking point over the last two years.
    Robert Farrington, Forbes, 12 Oct. 2021
  • If some labels get downgraded later this year, though, that could deal a blow to the market, which is already reeling from an 8 percent drop in exports last year.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 4 Mar. 2024
  • The recent attacks on the U.A.E. deal a blow to its reputation as a safe business and tourism hub, executives and analysts said.
    Rory Jones, WSJ, 24 Jan. 2022
  • Just last week Putin admitted that western sanctions could deal a blow to Russia’s economy.
    Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 4 Apr. 2023
  • Kanawha County Commission president Kent Carper said shutting down these plants in 2028 would deal a blow to the state's economy.
    Ella Nilsen, CNN, 19 Oct. 2021
  • If China imposed sanctions on Boeing, however, that could deal a blow to the company, which sells commercial jets to the country.
    Julia Poe, chicagotribune.com, 7 Mar. 2022
  • The Freeport blast could deal a blow to that stopgap solution, particularly if the facility fails to come back online soon.
    Anna Cooban, CNN, 9 June 2022
  • As high inflation and borrowing costs deal a blow to household finances, businesses are also seen pulling back.
    Vince Golle and Sarina Yoo, oregonlive, 20 Dec. 2022
  • Logar's victory would deal a blow to the current liberal government that ousted Jansa from power six months ago.
    Ali Zerdin, ajc, 23 Oct. 2022
  • Oregon losing to Utah next month would deal a blow, however, since the Trojans or Bruins could use the reputational boost provided by a win against one-loss Oregon.
    Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY, 26 Oct. 2022
  • If the United Kingdom joins in, as expected, that would deal a blow to the global system for transporting fuel, given the dominance of the Lloyd's of London insurance market.
    Julia Horowitz, CNN, 26 June 2022
  • Immigration attorneys say that the delays could put thousands of immigrants at risk of deportation and deal a blow to the U.S. economy.
    Laura Rodríguez Presa, chicagotribune.com, 20 Sep. 2021
  • While the region could use a heavy snow year to replenish last year’s paltry snowpack, a wetter winter of rainfall could carry ash and pollutants into the lake and spawn algal blooms that would deal a blow to the famous water clarity.
    Gregory Thomas, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Oct. 2021
  • The revisions to the cybersecurity review rules deal a blow to Chinese tech companies planning overseas IPOs.
    Jane Li, Quartz, 12 July 2021
  • The comments deal a blow to the city’s government, which assigned a nine-member delegation to attend meetings with the committee earlier in the month and defended its use of the national-security law.
    Natasha Khan, WSJ, 28 July 2022
  • His removal could deal a blow to President Xi Jinping, who last year elevated the 57-year-old over more seasoned ministry peers, as part of sweeping personnel reforms designed to install a team of loyalists.
    Time, 26 July 2023
  • Environmental advocates worry the Supreme Court’s decision will deal a blow to local battles against climate change.
    Christine Condon, baltimoresun.com, 18 May 2021
  • Recession predictions have increased for later this year and next year as soaring bills for electricity, fuel and gas deal a blow to businesses and people's spending power.
    David McHugh, ajc, 21 July 2022
  • The findings deal a blow to the reputation of Hollywood’s Golden Age, which—as the moniker indicates—has long been romanticized as a cultural high point in cinematic history.
    Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Apr. 2020
  • The absences of Jackson and Kennard — and backup center Isaiah Hartenstein, who will miss a second consecutive game with an ankle injury — deal a blow to a team that has struggled to generate consistent offense.
    Andrew Greif, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2021
  • Labor advocates worry the Court's conservative majority could deal a blow to union organizing at a time when membership in unions nationwide is near an all-time low and corporate business interests are pushing to box them out.
    Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 22 Mar. 2021

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