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They passed the Legislature this month, the first significant tobacco control bills to pass since the 1990s, a marked blow to the usually successful tobacco industry.

#thisisegypt pic.twitter.com/B8mudKfgdt #thisisegypt :) #optimism #tourism pic.twitter.com/MLYSkIflpP Tourism in the country has suffered a marked blow in the face of a rise in Islamist and other militant violence.

Former state Sen. Ron Calderon's guilty plea in corruption case marks blow to political dynasty.

For all Purnell's progress, whether it will come is a moot point: yesterday, it was telling that while people on the left were talking about his apparent moves towards them, voices on the Labour right were claiming that his standing down marked a blow to the party's "modernisers", and an implicit boost to those who allegedly want to lurch left.

So what's happening at Keele marks another blow in the slow and lingering death of the availability of degree courses in industrial relations in British universities.

It will not only mark a blow to the hopes of millions of supporters of LGBT rights, but will represent a significant failure by Matteo Renzi, the centre-left prime minister who promised to pass civil unions when he assumed office in 2014.

The move marks a blow for Google's struggling wearable operating system.

The complaint marks another blow to the Obama administration's controversial policy of detaining immigrant families, a week after a federal judge said the practice is illegal and should be discontinued.

Now these are only thoughts, of course, but pretty much all of the dialogue is laid out this way as well, speech marks blown away by the gritty blast of Jones's realism.

The loss marked yet another blow to General Motors, which owns just under half of the firm.

It marked the latest blow for those seeking to stop the reform-minded train that has become Francis's papacy.