struck

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Overnight attacks on Saudi Arabia hit a petrochemical complex in an industrial area in the eastern city of Jubail, a witness who requested anonymity told AFP, hours after similar installations in Iran were struck.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

As the West marked Easter, I was struck by a shared human impulse to seek hope among the ruins of the past.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

The medical-technology provider struck a go-private deal with Blackstone and TPG that’s expected to close Tuesday.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026

“Her heart was pierced because of what she would see,” Wille said, in what struck me as a moment of restrained insight.

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026

Projected on the wall in thin, shaking light was a face she had not seen in so long that the sight of it struck her like a train at full speed.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny