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The incident was the fifth UKMTO-reported tanker strike or suspected strike in the strait since Sept. 28.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

The latter seemingly bought into some of the era’s storylines and ringside magic, believing that a rousing speech to the wrestlers in the locker room would convince them to strike.

From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026

In 1970-71, they went 447 minutes without finding the back of the net - it’s been 422 minutes of football since McGinn’s deflected strike against Haiti in Boston.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

"The whole area is destroyed," the 32-year-old said, adding that residents were being kept away from the strike sites.

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

Once more, they used a blitzkrieg to strike deep into other countries.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

Traditional studios and TV networks have shed tens of thousands of workers in recent years after the streaming bubble burst and twin labor strikes paused projects.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

He was speaking after Kyiv's defence council held a crisis meeting, following new Russian strikes on a key bridge that caused traffic chaos.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

A source linked to the opposition fighters told the Reuters news agency they were behind what they said were drone strikes.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

His comments on the sidelines of G20 talks come as Russian and Ukrainian strikes targeting Black Sea ports have been wrecking and idling agricultural export capacity more quickly than trade flows can recover.

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

In fact, under the three strikes regime in California, a “repeat offender” could be someone who had only a single prior case decades ago, and one arrest can result in multiple strikes.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

Thrice rushing furious, at the chief he strook; His blazing buckler thrice Apollo shook: He tried the fourth: when, breaking from the cloud, A more than mortal voice was heard aloud.

From The Iliad by Alexander Pope

When such music sweet Their hearts and ears did greet, As never was by mortal finger strook; Divinely-warbled voice Answering the stringed noise, As all their souls in blissful rapture took.

From The Hundred Best English Poems by Adam L. (Adam Luke) Gowans

Well Sir, I did more than this, When Cassilane crav'd from the common treasure Pay for his Souldiers, I strook home, and lent him An hundred thousand Duckets.

From The Laws of Candy Beaumont & Fletcher's Works (3 of 10) by Francis Beaumont

His instant thought a poet spoke, And filled the age his fame; An inch of ground the lightning strook But lit the sky with flame.

From Poems Household Edition by Ralph Waldo Emerson

O deeth, sin with this sorwe I am a-fyre, Thou outher do me anoon yn teres drenche, 510 Or with thy colde strook myn hete quenche!

From Troilus and Criseyde by Geoffrey Chaucer

Since then, he is batting .157, and he has struck out in 41% of his at-bats.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

The event was founded by Cuban actress Ketty Rodriguez who, when she moved to London, was struck by the lack of Latin representation in a city famous for its multiculturalism, film and history.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

On Friday evening it was struck again - the fourth time in two days.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

Maritime Trade Operations said a tanker was struck by an unknown projectile while transiting the strait Thursday, causing a fire.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

He knotted it loosely and struck flame from the tinderbox.

From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda

Greensmith said he was stunned to see Shevels fall over and was one of a number of people who tried to help up the stricken victim as he lay unconscious on the ground.

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026

The game was delayed approximately 20 minutes early in the second period quarter after a Chaminade player became stricken by the hot and humid conditions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026

Then, William Hyde, a middle-aged Black man born and bred in Nashville, looked dumbfounded—he too had been stricken by Chud.

From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026

The stricken area is comprised mostly of towns and villages with few, if any, high-rise buildings.

From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026

Suddenly, she understood the king’s ashen face and stricken eyes.

From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin

Major U.S. indexes marched higher, putting the Nasdaq composite and the S&P 500 within striking distance of new all-time highs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

When Asco first coalesced, Gamboa Jr. went to Los Angeles County Museum of Art and noticed a striking absence of Chicano pieces.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

And that means Tuchel supplemented his striking options in Prague by deploying Real Madrid star Bellingham in a more advanced role than his normal midfield position after bringing him on for Kane.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

NASA's Curiosity rover has captured a striking new view of Mars as it passed a major mission milestone: 5,000 Martian days on the Red Planet.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026

“Well, the good news is that I don’t think we have to worry about the Purple Thumb striking here,” Sydney said once they’d completed their lap.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti