strike back
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BBC Sport football expert Chris Sutton, his guests and the BBC readers will be hoping to strike back, and land a blow for the human race.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
Beijing is considering ways to strike back against any tariffs reimposed under new legal authority—a situation that could bring an abrupt end to a fragile China-U.S. detente.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 24, 2026
OpenAI has sought to strike back with its own GPT-5.2 update and is now aiming to raise as much as $100 billion at a valuation of up to $830 billion, according to the Journal.
From Barron's ● Dec. 19, 2025
He questioned why the BMA hadn't taken up his offer of pushing the strike back to January "if they wanted to just give me a kicking".
From BBC ● Dec. 13, 2025
The next raffle ticket gave Jerry his chance to strike back at Janza.
From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier
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