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strike a note





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The image of a fully loaded, 80,000-pound driverless truck weaving around cars on a super-highway at 65 mph or more may strike a note of terror.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 29, 2024

Whenever a new strain pops up, public health officials try to strike a note between caution and reassurance.

From Salon • Sep. 4, 2021

Mark Green, the head of USAID, America’s development agency, used the ministerial to strike a note that was both familiar and contentious.

From Economist • Jul. 27, 2018

Ideally both sides can agree on one voice in which to talk to Kim Jong-un, a voice that would strike a note between the two very different ones they are now striking.

From Slate • Jan. 3, 2018

But while he thus loved to harmonize a laugh, he also could strike a note of infinite tenderness.

From The Christmas Kalends of Provence And Some Other Provençal Festivals by Janvier, Thomas A. (Thomas Allibone)




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