striking back
Example Sentences
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In “Stranger Things,” where spider-like beings attack from their nest in the Upside Down, nature is striking back at human beings, the monsters of ecological collapse.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
Van der Mescht was shown a second yellow card early in the second half, earning a 20-minute sin-binning, with South African Stefan Coetzee striking back for Newcastle.
From Barron's • Oct. 17, 2025
That angered some staff members who were concerned the Times was striking back against employees for doing something that its own reporters do on a regular basis: write stories based on leaked material.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 25, 2024
I guess laughter is one way of striking back, its own form of revenge.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 13, 2023
Chemical control of insects seems to have proceeded on the assumption that the soil could and would sustain any amount of insult via the introduction of poisons without striking back.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
