Sentence examples for a potential blow from inspiring English sources

David Axelrod and his colleagues are already trying to soften a potential blow.

Maersk had been considering a move to Baltimore, Boston or Halifax, a potential blow to the region's shipping industry.

In any case, the move is a potential blow to the explosively popular but embattled Napster, which was created last year and already faces several lawsuits.

Various kinds of clothing -- including coats, underwear, shirts and blouses -- are also on the list, a potential blow to Southern states with ailing textile industries.

There was a potential blow to hopes of rebalancing growth in the UK if building projects in the north of England were affected, he said.

In Australia, the reduction in Research Training Scheme funding is an unexpected and surprising change and a potential blow to the nation's innovation system.

But Shell must have emergency equipment to contain a potential blown-out well deployable within 24 hours before drilling into the oil zone, the office said.

[C2.] ImClone Systems Dealt a Setback In another potential blow to ImClone Systems, the company with the European rights to its cancer drug, Erbitux, Merck of Germany, has decided not to modify its clinical trials in some ways ImClone thought would help the drug win approval in the United States.

The cuts are seen as another potential blow to a Spanish economy that has seen its economy shrink for 15 straight months and suffered record joblessness.

But for authors and their representatives, news of the merger discussions, first reported by Germany's Manager Magazin, came as another potential blow in an already challenging profession.

And now it faces another potential blow as it awaits a decision by Judge Jeffrey K. Oing on whether Penney and Ms. Stewart's company violated the terms of a contract with Macy's.