struck

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U.K. pharmaceutical giant GSK on Tuesday struck a $10.6 billion deal to buy U.S.-listed biotech company Nuvalent, its biggest acquisition in eight years as it seeks to bolster the cancer portfolio it had previously trimmed.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

He hammered Grossman with questions about whether his wife had been drinking and racing with Erickson the night that she struck the boys with her Mercedes SUV at what experts testified was nearly 73 mph.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

The earthquake, which struck on Monday morning, triggered tsunami warnings in Indonesia, south of Mindanao and across Japan's Pacific coast, displacing tens of thousands of people.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

During rough weather in the English Channel in December 2017, Augustus Mensah, 55, fell and struck his head on the deck.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

I struck a match, and she held the tip of her sparkler into the heart of the little flame.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo