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striker

[strahy-ker] / ˈstraɪ kər /


NOUN
picket
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He is a powerful striker who has most of the tools to be a success.

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

However he now has more rivals for the striker role than last season - including ex-Albion team-mate Danny Welbeck.

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

The bout was billed as a classic grappler versus striker match-up, with Makhachev's signature wrestling providing the backbone for his dominant run in the UFC.

From BBC Aug. 16, 2026

Holly: Losing Harry Wilson and Raul Jimenez in this transfer window leaves slim pickings in terms of a talisman at Fulham, with remaining striker Rodrigo Muniz among their most expensive assets.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

Sena the sprinter, Sena the striker, so useless in the water!

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

Most winners have been strikers - or at least centre-forwards - but as you would expect in recent years it has become more frequent for other positions to win it.

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

Earlier this summer, large crowds of protestors converged on Delaney Hall in support of the hunger strikers.

From Salon Aug. 6, 2026

Father Clement Thibault, Babs’s priest-mentor since childhood, is defrocked for publicly supporting the strikers after the church hierarchy forbade him from taking sides; the priest then begins a separate campaign to expose ecclesiastical misbehavior.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

His arrival would leave Chelsea with six senior strikers on their books as they look to build around Joao Pedro and Welbeck, with others available for loan or sale.

From BBC Jul. 29, 2026

As the day went on, their numbers were increased by more job seekers looking to take advantage of the opportunity to replace strikers.

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield




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