striking
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She says it’s striking how real they seem.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
On Thursday morning, parents and students joined hundreds of striking teachers rallying at Little Lake Park in Santa Fe Springs.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026
The most striking feature of “The Story of Everything,” the science documentary that will appear in theaters on April 30, is the sheer nerve of the thing.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
The researchers observed deviations from this law by more than 200 times at low temperatures, revealing a striking separation between how charge and heat move through the material.
From Science Daily • Apr. 15, 2026
I hear the sounds on the street—car tires through slush, buses braking and hissing as they lower and open doors, boots striking cement, voices talking on cell phones, radio music from a fast truck.
From "Muffled" by Jennifer Gennari
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