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Pyongyang said Monday the situation along the two countries' shared border was "grave" and that it was considering deploying additional "tactical strike means" to the area.

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026

“Here we go again, she said. “We’re left without work, living in fear that the hurricane might strike with full force and we could lose everything.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026

They are tasked in particular with operating Chinese-made CH-4 drones that regularly strike M23 positions.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

Fulham were 1-0 up through Ryan Sessegnon's second-half strike and close to securing a first win of the campaign against Ipswich Town last weekend before they were undone by two late goals at Portman Road.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

“Under any circumstances,” he said, “it would be expected that some portion of the Soviet long-range nuclear force would strike the United States.”

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

In the two years following the 2023 strikes, the entertainment industry lost 42,000 of its 142,000 jobs to streaming cutbacks, production moves to cheaper locations with better tax incentives, corporate consolidation and AI.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

"These aircraft will operate in a defensive role and will not conduct offensive strikes against the Houthis," the statement adds.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

December futures for both West Texas Intermediate and Brent crossed $100 a barrel as traders weighed persistent Middle East supply risks, including attacks in the Strait of Hormuz and Houthi strikes on Saudi Arabia.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

Kyiv says it initially held off responding in kind but has since resumed its own strikes.

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026

The record number of strikes would lead to an awareness of the plight of the American worker and to union recognition.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler

Within a few weeks after I immured my self in this house, the infection strook into the town, into so many houses, as that it became ill manners to make any visits.

From Letters to Severall Persons of Honour by John Donne

The MS. reads: "Our warriors, on his worthless bust, Shall speak disgrace and woe;" and below: "Their clattering targets hardly strook; And first they muttered low."

From The Lady of the Lake by Sir Walter Scott

Yes, thou hast strook Argurion enamour'd on Asotus, methinks.

From Cynthia's Revels by Ben Jonson

Milton uses the three participle forms, strook, struck, and strucken.

From Minor Poems by Milton by John Milton

The dreadful’st Foe their Engines must subdue, The strongest Rock through which their Arts must hew, Was great Barzillai: could they reach his Head, Their Fears all husht, they had strook Danger dead.

From Anti-Achitophel (1682) Three Verse Replies to Absalom and Achitophel by John Dryden by Harold Whitmore Jones

Concerns over Russian supplies persisted after Ukrainian drones struck an oil terminal in St. Petersburg Sunday, The Wall Street Journal reported.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

After a Chargers punt, the Chiefs struck again with a 33-yard scoring run up the middle by Walker.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026

"As soon as he struck it, I knew it was in. He's taken the club goal of the season off me," joked Brighton skipper Dunk.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

A massive volcanic eruption that struck Japan about 7,300 years ago had a devastating impact on prehistoric communities, but its aftermath was far more complicated than scientists once believed.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026

He struck a pose, cocking his chin up and gazing distantly out the windshield.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

A video released later by authorities showed how, just before dawn, a Bulgarian border-police vessel pulled alongside the stricken vessel, battling rough seas.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

If so, it will inevitably bring huge social and humanitarian disruption which the stricken island is ill-equipped to cope with.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

The game was delayed approximately 20 minutes early in the second period quarter after a Chaminade player became stricken by the hot and humid conditions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026

Rescuers were still combing the stricken area for victims, search and rescue official Fathur Rahman told AFP on Monday morning.

From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026

“That’s enough, Jimmie,” Mom admonished him while Dad stood in stricken silence.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam

It was striking to me that El-Sayed’s campaign shared the clip of his exchange with Tommy.

From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2026

The plane managed to avoid striking any vehicles on the ground and no additional injuries were reported.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026

Dealers saw designs of striking compact electric cars, two hybrid crossovers and a rugged, small Bronco SUV for the region.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

The researchers identified striking differences in how communities across Japan responded to the eruption.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026

A cacophony of the buzzing fluorescent lights and fingers striking keyboards filled the stale air.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas