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A retoucher is used to strike the edge of a worn stone tool, knocking off small flakes to restore its intended form and cutting edge.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 27, 2026

There’s a balance every politician must strike: retaining one’s authenticity while remaining open to recalibrating policy positions in response to new evidence or simply evolving, or to match shifts in the public mood.

From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2026

The San’a airport strike set off an escalatory spiral.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026

In a 1-1 count, Klein, who had struggled with command, went back to the fastball, knowing he could throw it for a strike.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026

“Your village is very fine,” Nhamo said, uncertain how to strike up a conversation.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

Monday’s sharp selloff reflects easing fears of a broadening conflict after two weeks of strikes, but key risks remain, according to market watchers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026

At least 624 US military service members have been wounded since President Donald Trump ordered strikes against Iran in February, according to the Pentagon's most recent update on 25 July.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

However, Trump's decision to hold off on more strikes and Iran's claims on Sunday that it had made progress in talks with Oman on management of the Strait of Hormuz provided some much-needed relief.

From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026

The U.S. military had been ready Friday to launch an intensive series of strikes against Iran, which could have lasted up to two weeks, officials said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026

The execution strikes us as pedestrian and thus out of tune with the conception of the work.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson

O deeth, sin with this sorwe I am a-fyre, Thou outher do me anoon yn teres drenche, 510 Or with thy colde strook myn hete quenche!

From Troilus and Criseyde by Chaucer, Geoffrey

Thrice rushing furious, at the chief he strook; His blazing buckler thrice Apollo shook: He tried the fourth: when, breaking from the cloud, A more than mortal voice was heard aloud.

From The Iliad by Pope, Alexander

He strook so hard, the Bason broke, And Tarquin heard the sound.

From The Little French Lawyer A Comedy by Beaumont, Francis

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 Scott, Walter, Sir

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 Hakluyt, Richard

Last week, the price of oil soared past $100 a barrel when the Houthis struck two Saudi tankers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026

The pause follows nearly two weeks of daily US strikes and tit-for-tat attacks, effectively unravelling the ceasefire struck in June.

From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026

On the French version of Hotels.com, searches for rooms in the Danish capital of Copenhagen have jumped by 246 percent since the first heatwave struck France in May.

From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026

The Supreme Court struck down a broad set of global levies in February.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026

Mr. Rowan had been struck by lightning in his field a few years back.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney

The delay could make it more difficult for ill people to remember all the foods they ate, “down to a single ingredient in a salad,” before they were stricken, Rimoin said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026

We still don’t know what exactly is driving our national outbreak of cyclosporiasis, the parasitic infection that has stricken thousands of Americans with explosive diarrhea.

From Slate ● Jul. 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

Public alarm over the illness began to grow following reports that three passengers died aboard the stricken vessel, MV Hondius.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2026

But the king sat upon Snowmane, motionless, gazing upon the agony of Minas Tirith, as if stricken suddenly by anguish, or by dread.

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

And you do not have to look far to see some pretty striking parallels between In re Turner and today.

From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026

His case is one of the most striking examples of how the Pinochet dictatorship dealt with its enemies.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

In addition, certain genetic backgrounds showed a striking tendency toward whole-genome duplication, an event in which the complete set of chromosomes is copied.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 27, 2026

Sheehan gave up one run and three hits, striking out five over five innings.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026

Dr. Lee asked questions of the supposed spirits while the man cracked his ankles in response, providing, “a more striking illustration of ‘spiritual knockings’ than the Foxes ever dreamed of.”

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock