gut-punch

Corporate profits are at historic highs and taxes for the wealthy are at historic lows, yet people in the real world are still taking the world's longest unemployment gut-punch.

Richard (RJ) Eskow: Bachmann/Ryan Overdrive: A High-Speed Escape From Economic Reality RJ 2011

I won't spoil the ending (except to say that it's not half as powerful as the final lead-up to it) -- and yes, it does have an ending -- but it comes fully loaded with a gut-punch for anyone who has been or is currently a wage-slave office drone, and is already a pretty clear frontrunner for the indie release of the week.

Boing Boing 2009

Corporate profits are at historic highs and taxes for the wealthy are at historic lows, yet people in the real world are still taking the world's longest unemployment gut-punch.

Richard (RJ) Eskow: Bachmann/Ryan Overdrive: A High-Speed Escape From Economic Reality RJ 2011

Again they delivered a final minute gut-punch to one of the most successful franchises the NFL.

The Indy Victory Lap No One Expected Jason Gay 2012

Corporate profits are at historic highs and taxes for the wealthy are at historic lows, yet people in the real world are still taking the world's longest unemployment gut-punch.

Richard (RJ) Eskow: Bachmann/Ryan Overdrive: A High-Speed Escape From Economic Reality RJ 2011

The gut-punch line comes at the end, with a shouted name.

The Fiddler in the Subway Gene Weingarten 2010

I coughed out a breath, something between a laugh and a gut-punch gasp.

Vicious Grace M.L.N. Hanover 2010

I coughed out a breath, something between a laugh and a gut-punch gasp.

Vicious Grace M.L.N. Hanover 2010

The thunderous sound system at Patty Boom Boom will get quite a workout Sunday, when dubstep DJs substitute gut-punch low-end bass lines for the usual reggae beats during a party called Dive and Lie Wrecked.

Nightlife Agenda 2010

The gut-punch line comes at the end, with a shouted name.

The Fiddler in the Subway Gene Weingarten 2010