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Prominent activist Sonam Wangchuk, who ended a 26-day hunger strike in support of the movement late Thursday, said the government had assured him that no action would be taken against peaceful demonstrators.

From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026

Wait, didn’t the Supreme Court strike down Mr. Trump’s tariffs in February?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

MLB rules stipulate that batters must be alert and engaged with the pitcher when the clock reaches eight seconds or else they will receive a strike.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

One orca held the carcass steady, allowing the other to strike it with greater precision.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 23, 2026

It had been a large snake—as many of the rattlers in eastern Texas seem to be—and a solid direct strike.

From This Side of Wild by Gary Paulsen

Western defence experts and industry figures have described Fire Point as one of the key contributors to Ukraine's long-range strikes against Russia.

From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026

In dozens of strikes since this spring, Ukraine has pounded oil refineries across its larger neighbor, knocking more than one-quarter of Russian refining capacity offline.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

Overnight in the region, the U.S. military wrapped up its 12th straight day of strikes hitting the same sorts of targets—missile and drone facilities, operation centers and military infrastructure—that it has been hitting for weeks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

The results arrived as the film industry looks for signs of a rebound, amid concerns about the broader shift to streaming and an ongoing retrenchment in Hollywood following strikes and the pandemic.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026

John Henry smashed his hammer down left and right, and Miss Sarah and Miss Rose launched devastating strikes over and over from high above.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia

Joy salutes me, when I set My bless'd eyes on Amoret; But with wonder I am strook, 7 While I on the other look.

From Poetical Works of Edmund Waller and Sir John Denham by Denham, John, 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

Thus, having swallowed Cupid's golden hook, The more she strived, the deeper was she strook.

From Hero and Leander by Marlowe, Christopher

But he, the King of Heav'n, obscure on high, Bar'd his red arm, and, launching from the sky His writhen bolt, not shaking empty smoke, Down to the deep abyss the flaming felon strook.

From The Aeneid English by Virgil

Sabinus here we met, hurried to fetters: The senators all strook with fear and silence, Save those whose hopes depend not on good means, But force their private prey from public spoil.

From Sejanus: His Fall by Jonson, Ben

Like Mr. Jones, Mr. Woolfson is struck by the spectacular range of organisms that could in principle exist, of which evolution has realized only an “infinitesimally small sampling.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

The government has struck effective side deals on medicines, steel, aluminium, cars and, with the help of King Charles, whisky.

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026

It also creates an incentive for countries to comply with trade pacts that they earlier struck, she added.

From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026

The female released the sunfish just before the male struck it.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 23, 2026

The last griffin died as the clocks struck the half hour, and the noise rang out like a death toll through the sleeping city.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

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

In neighbouring Gwynedd, two young boys were praised after taking it upon themselves to direct cars through the village of Llanbedr, which has been stricken with traffic problems for decades.

From BBC ● May 29, 2026

Better equipped to mother Boy No. 2 or stricken with learned helplessness from being coddled by an expert on my phone day in and day out?

From Slate ● May 10, 2026

The version detected aboard the stricken Hondius ship was a rare strain known as the Andes virus, which can be transmitted between humans.

From Barron's ● May 7, 2026

Karl spots him, too, and a stricken look crosses his face.

From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

Another revealed pockets of empty seats - a striking contrast for a fighter who has packed Wembley Stadium with 96,000 fans and drawn 64,500 to Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026

Under Ding’s watchful eye, Chinese companies are using hundreds of thousands of Nvidia chips to stay within striking distance of their American rivals for now.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

It risks striking directly at the heart of the freewheeling money engine that’s been funding Silicon Valley’s trillion-dollar AI build-out.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026

Once wary of artificial intelligence, Hollywood is now striking up partnerships with AI start-ups and weaving the technology into productions more and more openly -- all while insisting the creative process itself will remain untouched.

From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026

A tense peace lasted five weeks until an argument broke out between deputies and striking coal miners.

From "Fannie Never Flinched" by Mary Cronk Farrell