go on strike
Example Sentences
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It is the issue that prompted players to go on strike in 1994, leading to the cancellation of the World Series.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026
"Will MLAs have to wait a year and threaten to go on strike to get the money or will it slide into their pay packet very quickly?"
From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026
"If we don't go on strike for better conditions, the jobs will remain unattractive, as we have seen in the past few years," Verdi spokesman Andreas Schackert told public broadcaster ZDF.
From Barron's • Feb. 2, 2026
The net result is that these prices are being driven artificially higher in the last few weeks of the year as sellers go on strike and wait for the new year.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 26, 2025
“We need to go on strike, I’m tellin’ ya.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
