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Ali covered his face and tried to absorb Frazier’s metronomic body blows, aiming to tire him.
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Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2025
These actions are a body blow to what remains of the postwar global trading rules.
—Wally Adeyemo, Foreign Affairs, 19 Aug. 2025
Potential price spikes would deliver a body blow to California motorists, who already pay the highest average price per gallon of gasoline in the country.
—Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 July 2025
Potential price spikes would deliver a body blow to California motorists, who already pay the highest average price per gallon of gasoline the country.
—Rob Nikolewski, Mercury News, 30 July 2025
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Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2025
These actions are a body blow to what remains of the postwar global trading rules.
—Wally Adeyemo, Foreign Affairs, 19 Aug. 2025
Potential price spikes would deliver a body blow to California motorists, who already pay the highest average price per gallon of gasoline in the country.
—Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 July 2025
Potential price spikes would deliver a body blow to California motorists, who already pay the highest average price per gallon of gasoline the country.
—Rob Nikolewski, Mercury News, 30 July 2025
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“Body blow.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/body%20blow. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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