strike
Example Sentences
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Some 480,000 Cambodians have been uprooted from their homes, and panic over real or just rumoured Thai air strikes has forced many families to move more than once.
From BBC
“The White House’s statements regarding investor disclosures strike at the heart of the alleged fraud,” the filing said.
But even he has blinkers on: Yes, 1975 might have been a great, great time in New York, despite garbage strikes, crime rates and municipal bankruptcy.
The martial vocabulary of his books with titles like “The Bloody Crossroads,” “Why We Are in Vietnam” and “World War IV” was striking when American cultural elites were retreating from military engagement.
A series of earthquakes strike central Myanmar, rocking the war-torn country’s second-largest city and shaking skyscrapers in neighboring Thailand.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
