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striking back







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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

In the old days, it was inconceivable she’d have let something like that happen without striking back.

From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro