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Arie Garcia-Evans and her Waubonsie Valley basketball teammates were on the ropes after absorbing more than a few literal body blows against Bolingbrook in the Class 4A sectional semifinals on Tuesday.
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Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 26 Feb. 2025
Stevenson dropped Padley three times in the ninth round with body blows before his corner threw in the towel.
—Trent Reinsmith, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2025
And naturally, the nightmare of sitting under the bleachers next to Michaels as one of your babies falls flat on its face during the Saturday-night dry run is like a devastating body blow to the ego.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 16 Jan. 2025
And losing a place where people can hear or perform live music is a body blow to the vibrancy everyone seems to want downtown.
—Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, 14 Jan. 2025
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Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 26 Feb. 2025
Stevenson dropped Padley three times in the ninth round with body blows before his corner threw in the towel.
—Trent Reinsmith, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2025
And naturally, the nightmare of sitting under the bleachers next to Michaels as one of your babies falls flat on its face during the Saturday-night dry run is like a devastating body blow to the ego.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 16 Jan. 2025
And losing a place where people can hear or perform live music is a body blow to the vibrancy everyone seems to want downtown.
—Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, 14 Jan. 2025
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“Body blow.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/body%20blow. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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