go on strike
Example Sentences
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Workers at Los Angeles' SoFi Stadium vowed Monday to go on strike if federal immigration enforcement agents are deployed at the venue when it hosts World Cup matches next month.
From Barron's • May 18, 2026
Rail workers at the Long Island Rail Road may go on strike at 12:01 a.m.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
Patients in greater Lincolnshire are being warned of cancelled appointments when hospital doctors go on strike for six days in a pay dispute.
From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026
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
“We need to go on strike, I’m tellin’ ya.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
