1.   A person who is quickly back on his or her feet after a serious blow.

2.   His departure will, of course, be a serious blow to our hopes of pulling away from the foot of the table.

3.   If implemented, this will be a serious blow to takeover specialists.

4.   It is being said with some conviction that Labour inflicted a serious blow on itself with that Sheffield monster rally.

5.   The Decision also represented a serious blow to the morale of the regulatory authorities.

6.   The election results were a serious blow to the Nationalist cause.

7.   The Taff Vale Decision was a serious blow to trade unionism.

8.   The peace process has suffered a serious blow now.

9.   Although the Liberal-Nationals eventually retained power in the state by forming a minority government, the result was a serious blow for the coalition at federal level.

10.   It was also a serious blow to the credibility of the system of independent prosecution of federal officials, set up following the Watergate affair.