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How to use the word STRIKE in a Sentence? Page #6

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We know that, on average, a healthy forest would experience lightning strike fires about every 10 to 20 years and those fires would be low in intensity and would help burn up those excessive fuels -- keep the forest at a thin enough level so that the forest could thrive.

Clay Jordan

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I don’t think I threw a curveball near the strike zone, the way I competed, I’m not proud.

Tarik Skubal

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I said we would go after the group responsible for the attack on our troops and innocent civilians in Kabul, and we have, this strike was not the last. We will continue to hunt down any person involved in that heinous attack and make them pay.

President Biden

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I'm not going to talk about specific capabilities ISIS may have lost in this strike. They lost a planner, and they lost a facilitator. And they have one wounded. The fact two of these individuals are no longer walking on the face of the Earth, that's a good thing, it is a good thing for the people of Afghanistan, it's a good thing for our troops and our forces at that airfield.

The US

Found on CNN
2 years ago

To a large extent, the strike will affect the Covid management situation but doctors need to be alive to save lives, one could argue that the timing is wrong, but the doctors are also strategists. The timing of the strike comes at a point it will have the most effect.

Kingsley Douglas

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Since the strike started, no doctor has come to check on me. I'm only surviving by faith, we are not accepting patients with serious medical needs.

Emmanuel Agbenro

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I invoked laws of the federation on withdrawal of wages during period of strike, which in common parlance is called the principle of No-Work-No-Pay.

Chris Ngige

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Blue Jays was stupid, there’s no other way to say it. I told Tony that when I got in, that was all on me. I was trying to throw a ball and it ran back over the plate. There was never an intention to throw a strike.

Lance Lynn

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Honestly, I just didn't know how many strikeouts we were getting, like I said, just get strike one and finish it it. I was trying to call the game as simple as possible.

Catcher Omar Narváez

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

We're looking maybe at 50 to 100 people depending on how many strike teams we have out on any given day, our ICU capacity is reaching a critical point where the level of risk to the entire community has significantly increased, and not just to those who are needing treatment for COVID.

Desmar Walkes

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The arrival of the Carrier Strike Group in Southeast Asia is a clear sign that the United Kingdom is ready to work with friends and partners, new and old, to strengthen the security and freedoms upon which we mutually depend.

Steve Moorhouse

Found on CNN
2 years ago

We need gun trafficking multi-jurisdictional strike forces to disrupt the flow of illegal guns that are coming into our city, i and other mayors across the country have been beating this drum since day one of his presidency...my expectation is that those strike forces will be at work here shortly.

Lori Lightfoot

Found on CNN
2 years ago

We need gun trafficking multi-jurisdictional strike forces to disrupt the flow of illegal guns that are coming into our city, i and other mayors across the country have been beating this drum since day 1 of President Joe Biden for assistance presidency. ... My expectation is that those strike forces will be at work here shortly.

Lori Lightfoot

Found on CNN
2 years ago

We pitched well the whole road trip, the bullpen was amazing. (Richards) was pounding the strike zone, changing speeds, using both sides of the plate. We loved what we saw.

Alex Cora

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Dating scripts really say that you're going to meet somebody, and a flash of lightning will strike you.

Danu Stinson

Found on CNN
2 years ago

When you have fewer ISR capabilities and fewer strike capabilities, it's inherently going to put strain on what they can target, so they would certainly want to try to narrow that to their top priorities, to make sure that it's being utilized in the most effective way.

Andy Kim

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I don't think it's going to be a long-term strike, but I feel like this is... just a glimpse of what's to come, eventually, I think there will come a point where Black people migrate off the app and find other ways to try to grow their account and diversify where they get their income from.

Addison Rae

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Based on what I have learned so far, I believe these were an appropriate and reasonable use of force intended for defensive purposes, the Intelligence Committee will closely review the basis for this strike, including an assessment of whether this action will truly deter or prevent further attacks by these militias using UAVs and other means.

The Intelligence

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The Ethiopian air force uses the latest technology, so it conducted a precision strike that was successful.

Getnet Adane

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

To date we have delivered diplomatic influence on behalf of the UK through a series of exercises and engagements with our partners -- now we are ready to deliver the hard punch of maritime-based air power against a shared enemy, the involvement of HMS Queen Elizabeth and her air wing in this campaign also sends a wider message. It demonstrates the speed and agility with which a UK-led carrier strike group can inject fifth-generation combat power into any operation, anywhere in the world, thereby offering the British government, and our allies, true military and political choice.

Commodore Steve Moorhouse

Found on CNN
2 years ago

You have to give credit where credit is due, that’s two games in a row that he’s made it real tough on us. He has a really good fastball and he throws a curveball for a strike when he wants to. He’s just a guy in a groove right now who’s doing what he wants on the mound.

Daniel Vogelbach

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

It was a conversation that had to happen beforehand, like,' Hey, I don't want to talk politics every time I come over here,' i think it's a balance that each person has to strike within themselves.

James Tierney

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Ultimately, in the operation we gave Hamas a heavy blow, we dismantled a large part of their terrorist-military machine. We took out part of their leadership. We hit their command and control. Hopefully they will think twice even three times before they strike at Israel again.

Mark Regev

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

We will never allow for anyone to strike fear into our hearts because we are Jews, we are not going to allow the violence in the Middle East to spill out onto the streets of Los Angeles.

Paul Kortez

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

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