strike
Example Sentences
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Tens of thousands of doctors will strike between 07:00 BST on Tuesday until just before 07:00 on Monday 13 April.
From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026
According to the Center for Strategic and International Studies, after three weeks the US strike campaign settled into a pace of between 300 and 500 targets per day.
From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026
Thousands of striking JBS beef plant workers in Colorado agreed to return to work, ending a three-week strike.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026
At this point, college sports strike me as a business only loosely tied to the university.
From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026
With its final strike, it had sent a fat spark onto the kindling.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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