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strike

[strahyk] / straɪk /








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Lawrence Shankland will play up top but will he have a strike partner or will Clarke stick with an extra body in midfield?

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

To harness a big amount of stock without much money, buy one call and sell another with a higher strike price but same expiration to profit from potential rallies.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

A mandatory 30-minute countdown begins and each time there is a lightning strike inside the distance, the countdown clock resets to 30 minutes.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

LOS ANGELES—Around 2,000 hospitality workers at Los Angeles’s SoFi Stadium have reached a deal that will likely avert a strike during the World Cup, their union said Tuesday.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

But he couldn’t sit around doing nothing, waiting for disaster to strike.

From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret




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