strike
Example Sentences
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Companies have already filed hundreds of protective lawsuits seeking to preserve their ability to claim refunds from the government for tariffs they have already paid, in anticipation of the court striking down the levies.
Devlin also questioned how quickly MLAs would receive the money, when nurses have previously had to threaten strike action to get their pay uplifts promised by the Northern Ireland Executive.
From BBC
In “A Fate Worse Than Hell,” W. Fitzhugh Brundage offers a groundbreaking examination of this striking departure from past practice in how captured enemy soldiers were dealt with.
She landed in the city just as the actors’ and writers’ strikes froze Hollywood.
From Los Angeles Times
—Gold prices held above the $5,000 mark, as a U.S. military buildup in the Middle East and fears of a potential strike against Iran lifted demand for safe-haven assets.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
