strike
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The pitch, of course, was nowhere near the strike zone and, despite the pain and in an effort to see if that was a fluke, he tried to throw another.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
When a carrier strike group deploys for a historic mission, the burden isn’t borne solely by those in uniform.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
It later reported a strike on the southern town of Deir Zahrani.
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
The possibility of AI hallucinations would strike a serious blow to Google Search’s credibility.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026
Their mission was to strike a blow against Austria and the Hapsburg monarchy by assassinating Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
Talks between Washington and Tehran to pause the military strikes also appear to have stalled as both sides continue to publicly issue demands.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 16, 2026
The British drones strikes, first reported by the Sunday Times, external, are said to have caused more than £35bn in economic damage.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
A mother of one living near one of the military camps that were hit told AFP the strikes shook the windows and doors like a quake.
From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026
While moisture is beneficial during a fire, lightning strikes on dry brush can trigger spot fires that pull resources away from the larger blaze.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
John Henry smashed his hammer down left and right, and Miss Sarah and Miss Rose launched devastating strikes over and over from high above.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
Your ffleschely lorde now hath lyff, That deyd on tre with strook and stryff; Wende fforthe, thou wepynge wyff, And seke hym, I the saye.
From The Growth of English Drama by Arnold Wynne
I did so, but me thought thou wink'dst every blow they strook.
From A King, and No King by John Fletcher
An' this very blessed mornin' av light I was strook onsensible an' left a livin' corpse, an' my lodgin's penethrated an' all the thruck mishandled an' bruk up behind me back.
From Martin Hewitt, Investigator by Arthur Morrison
I'll never strook you, nor smooth you, nor kiss you no more!
From Capt'n Davy's Honeymoon by Sir Hall Caine
O deeth, sin with this sorwe I am a-fyre, Thou outher do me anoon yn teres drenche, 510 Or with thy colde strook myn hete quenche!
From Troilus and Criseyde by Geoffrey Chaucer
A devastating 9.1-magnitude tremor in 2004 struck off the coast of Sumatra and triggered a tsunami that killed 220,000 throughout the region, about 170,000 of them in Indonesia.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
Several of Seifert's sixes were struck with such force that spectators in the second tier were cowering for safety, though it felt cruel that Allen's spectacular boundary effort went in the book as a drop.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
World Cup winner Rodri is in his final year of his City contract and a £65m deal has been struck.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
Rescuers combed through debris for survivors Saturday after a powerful earthquake struck off Flores island in eastern Indonesia, killing at least 20 people and sending thousands fleeing.
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
Danny was struck with a sense of familiarity.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
Rescuers were still combing the stricken area for victims, search and rescue official Fathur Rahman told AFP on Monday morning.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
We still don’t know what exactly is driving our national outbreak of cyclosporiasis, the parasitic infection that has stricken thousands of Americans with explosive diarrhea.
From Slate ● Jul. 17, 2026
Public alarm over the illness began to grow following reports that three passengers died aboard the stricken vessel, MV Hondius.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2026
Evacuations were taking place Wednesday from a cruise ship stricken with a deadly outbreak of hantavirus, the World Health Organization said, as experts confirmed a rare strain that can be transmitted between humans.
From Barron's ● May 6, 2026
Finally Alice sat down on a bench, blank and stricken.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The fighting spilled into August, with Iran striking six United Arab Emirates ships over the past two weeks as they tried to transit the Strait of Hormuz.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Even zoomed-out satellite imagery of western France shows a striking increase in the browning of land compared to last year.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Sasaki finally escaped by striking out Jackson Chourio.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
The results revealed a striking advantage for neurons in the human cortex.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 13, 2026
“Do you find her much changed, Pip?” asked Miss Havisham, with her greedy look, and striking her stick upon a chair that stood between them, as a sign to me to sit down there.
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
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