These people temporarily lost consciousness after suffering a blow to the head.

VOA: special.2009.04.07

Batstone-Carr says he thinks BP is strong enough to sustain this double-blow to its bank balance and its reputation.

VOA: standard.2010.06.18

sanctions resulting from the launch will deal a fatal blow to six-nation talks aimed at ending the North's nuclear weapons programs.

VOA: standard.2009.03.27

The court's decision came as a blow to the more than 5,000 families who say that the mercury in thimerosal caused their children's autism.

VOA: standard.2010.03.23

But as one Hamas official put it: Mr.Abbas has dealt a "lethal blow to reconciliation."

VOA: standard.2009.10.24

Negotiations have been stalled for months,and analysts say the Israeli government's decision to expand a number of settlements appeared to be a major blow to efforts to revive them.

VOA: standard.2009.09.07

Ibrahim,who believes that the alienating tactics of al-Shabab has already turned the majority of the Somali population against the rebel group, says that this latest attack is a significant blow to the Mogadishu government.

VOA: standard.2009.12.05

The accord effectively suspends a federal court case against UBS that could have dealt a severe blow to the bank's international operations and the Swiss economy, which relies heavily on the country's robust banking sector.

VOA: standard.2009.08.19

I think its a major blow to the nations medical fraternity. It takes six years to produce a doctor, and within a fraction of a second, all that has disappeared. A week ago,Dr.Laroche was in Somalia and met with the minister of health.

VOA: standard.2009.12.05

It was so dry that horses and cows started to dry up and blow away in the wind.

VOA: special.2009.11.28

Lee hoped for a final, decisive blow that would bring the war to an end.

VOA: special.2009.11.05

A few days later the wind began to blow about their fields.

VOA: special.2009.02.28

Now this Joe Blow was NOT walking next to a plain Jane.

VOA: special.2010.02.07

He sent a message to McClellan. "You must strike a blow,"

VOA: special.2009.09.17

To another,it comes as the blow of a crushing strike.

VOA: special.2009.10.31

The wind began to blow stronger.

VOA: special.2010.05.08

The system uses small radar-guided missiles to blow up incoming rockets with ranges of between five and 70 kilometers.

VOA: standard.2010.07.20