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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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