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The Justice Department initially moved to strike the claims filed by the Crypto Lawyers, saying victims would need to apply directly to the department to get funds back.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

The union would prefer to strike a comprehensive deal with MLB and LA28.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026

Walkouts or the 1969 Delano grape strike, the 89-year-old photojournalist aims at a black-and-white image of a serene man, fully concentrated on reading the newspaper.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

The Eiffel Tower was closed on Monday after staff went on strike over female workers being removed for the visit of a Hindu religious group, workers and management said.

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

“Perhaps in a bit,” Frankie said, sparing me from having to explain that I had never played pool and would sooner strike my own eye out than hit the ball.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

CBS News reported that roughly eight US F-15s sustained light damage in the Iranian strikes overnight Tuesday.

From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026

Brent held above $100 a barrel after Wednesday’s sharp rally as traders assessed escalating attacks on Gulf shipping and renewed Houthi strikes on Saudi Arabia.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

But either route can potentially result in the loss of their possessions and even their home if disaster strikes, the Consumer Federation of America said.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026

Tit-for-tat strikes between the two countries have escalated in the past week, more than six months after the US and Israel launched attacks on Iran on 28 February.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

“You think I can get three strikes in a row like I did last time?”

From "Blended" by Sharon M. Draper

The eight day much winde arising at the Westnorthwest, we not knowing how the coast lay, strook our sayles, and lay a drift, where we sounded and found 160 fadomes as afore.

From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 03 by Richard Hakluyt

When such music sweet Their hearts and ears did greet, As never was by mortal finger strook; Divinely-warbled voice Answering the stringed noise, As all their souls in blissful rapture took.

From The Hundred Best English Poems by Adam L. (Adam Luke) Gowans

Even after that 'ole where 'e'd strook me wif 'is ball from the drive, although standing well be'ind 'im, and been in each bunker twice or more, I give 'im a word of 'ope.

From Mr. Punch's Golf Stories by Various

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

From Cynthia's Revels by Ben Jonson

I'll never strook you, nor smooth you, nor kiss you no more!

From Capt'n Davy's Honeymoon by Sir Hall Caine

After it overshot the runway, the plane - Amazon Prime Air Flight 7598 - struck equipment on the ground, hit a white Ford van, then continued onward through a perimeter fence.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

Iran is also attempting to build new underground assembly points to avoid getting struck again, they said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

A landslide struck a car park on Japan's Mount Fuji, with the final day of the volcano's summer climbing season on Thursday marred by downpours and dense mist.

From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026

A friend encouraged Heder to see the 2020 documentary “Crip Camp,” which includes Heumann as a subject, and the filmmaker was so struck by that story, she followed up by reading Heumann’s 2020 memoir.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

Clare released an exasperated growl and struck his monocle harder.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

Even if they want to ditch the industrial food products, healthier alternatives cost more -- and in poverty stricken areas of East Tennessee, that's a non-starter.

From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026

Then, William Hyde, a middle-aged Black man born and bred in Nashville, looked dumbfounded—he too had been stricken by Chud.

From Slate ● Aug. 20, 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

As luck would have it, had Mercedes waited one more lap before his first stop, he would have caught the virtual safety car that was called for Carlos Sainz's stricken Williams.

From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026

Then the blood left Beregond’s face, and he was stricken to the heart and bowed his head.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien

Like a ship’s captain, he wanted to stay at the court, even after the terror came much closer with a plane striking the Pentagon at 9:37.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

The observations revealed a striking contrast between methanol and hydrogen cyanide.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 9, 2026

And it's not just the actions - it's the language of the foreign secretary's heartfelt, sometimes deeply personal statement that is so striking.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

The two pilots of an Amazon cargo plane that overran the runway while landing at Miami International Airport, striking a van and killing five people, have been released from hospital, officials said Tuesday.

From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026

Particularly striking were new cases of AIDS—a 60-percent rise in three years.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French