striking back
Example Sentences
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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
Now we can add that nature is striking back through Earth’s smallest creatures, as humanity shifts the microscopic life that sustains us to a planet that, more and more, does not.
From Scientific American • Sep. 8, 2023
Now struggling to gain traction in the polls, Mr. Pence is striking back.
From Washington Times • Aug. 2, 2023
The alternative view, which I advocated, was that stay-at-homes allowed us to strike at the enemy while preventing him from striking back.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
