How to Use strike against in a Sentence

strike against

noun
  • This is just one more strike against the city.
    — Diana Olick, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Israel launched its strike against Iran on day 61.
    — Laura Kelly, The Hill, 6 July 2025
  • This design isn’t a major strike against it, but something to be aware of.
    — Geoffrey Morrison, wsj.com, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Hezbollah has claimed one strike against Israel since the ceasefire.
    — Arkansas Online, 8 Feb. 2026
  • Hezbollah has claimed one strike against Israel since the ceasefire.
    — Abby Sewell, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Hezbollah has claimed one strike against Israel since the ceasefire.
    — Fadi Tawil, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2026
  • The bust marks a rare and direct strike against one of the world’s most evasive cyber adversaries.
    — Michael Barnhart, Fortune, 3 July 2025
  • Odenkirk believes the event was more of a strike against the corporate control over music.
    — William Lee, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2025
  • Recent uptick in talks of a possible strike against Iran may test their training.
    — Reg Chapman, CBS News, 21 Feb. 2026
  • Again, the strike against automakers wasn't the only labor dispute in town.
    — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 7 Feb. 2024
  • Meanwhile, Russia launched a massive drone strike against Ukraine.
    — Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 10 June 2025
  • Iran was launching a massive strike against an airbase near the family's village.
    — Majd Al-Waheidi, NPR, 5 May 2024
  • Imagine if a baseball umpire feared they'd be fired for calling a strike against a Yankee batter.
    — Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Aug. 2025
  • Angered over the attack, local shop owners pulled their shutters down to observe a daylong strike against the killing.
    — Abdul Sattar, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2024
  • There have been better ones off that magical left boot, of course, but as with the strike against Mexico, few have meant as much.
    — Oliver Kay, New York Times, 23 June 2026
  • The labor action marks the first time actors have gone on strike against the film and television studios in 43 years.
    — Josh Rottenberg, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2023
  • Last week, the union finally called a strike against the 10 major video game companies involved.
    — Katie Campione, Deadline, 31 July 2024
  • The actors union has not been on strike against television shows and movie productions since 1980.
    — Chris Isidore, CNN, 30 June 2023
  • Some thought the event was an immediate strike against Ali for his rejection of Malcolm.
    — Mikal Gilmore, Rolling Stone, 17 Jan. 2025
  • That’s exactly why Democrats and the broad left should launch a preemptive strike against his lionization.
    — Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 10 Apr. 2023
  • Will the quarterback decision and Glenn’s alleged handling of Rodgers count as a strike against the coach?
    — Mike Sando, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2025
  • The video shows the initial explosion of the strike against the munitions facility.
    — Gordon Lubold, WSJ, 10 Nov. 2023
  • That’s also been a strike against Maye’s MVP candidacy from some.
    — Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 8 Jan. 2026
  • While some of his countrymen saw piracy as anarchist, a strike against big business, Ek sensed a more moderate path.
    — Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Peacock noted that all work on the show was completed in March, before writers went on strike against studios and streamers.
    — Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 July 2023
  • The Indian government has appeared to lay out a case to foreign diplomats for a strike against Pakistan.
    — Anupreeta Das, New York Times, 1 May 2025
  • This review will focus on the use of the app for conveying plans about a military strike against Houthi militants in Yemen.
    — Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Apr. 2025
  • Major League Baseball players voted in Dallas to strike against team owners.
    — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 1 Apr. 2026
  • As the strike against the Big Three reaches its sixth week, layoffs continue at the Detroit automakers.
    — Sara Powers, CBS News, 24 Oct. 2023
  • But another low-key option could be Jim Hiller, who already has a strike against him for last year’s playoff decision-making.
    — Sean Gentille, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025

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