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"Flights to and from London Luton Airport have now resumed following an earlier suspension of operations caused by a lightning strike affecting Air Traffic Control equipment," the spokesperson said.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

If CMP trades at $32.50 or higher, roll the calls up to the $32.50 strike.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026

The U.S. and Canada are bracing for a prolonged trade dispute after last-minute talks to strike a trade deal broke down over the weekend.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

If I say that the songs from the new album didn’t come alive for me until the show, how does that strike you?

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026

The rattler’s head pulls back, ready to strike.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

“Doing it now, just before Jackson Hole, strikes me as pretty inconsiderate if not a slap in the face.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

Ahead of the trip, the US told Ukraine that a senior delegation would be travelling to Moscow and asked Kyiv to suspend strikes until they had left, a senior Ukrainian official told CBS.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

Blake Snell gives up just two hits and strikes out six over six innings to help lead the Dodgers to a 4-0 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026

The company's workers have staged a total of 60 hours of strikes this year, causing estimated losses of around $1.6 billion, according to calculations by local news agency Newsis.

From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026

Daniel Ellsberg spent the night at the Pentagon monitoring the air strikes.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin

It is more safe to sleep, to read a book, The Thracian harp with cunning to have strook.

From The Works of Christopher Marlowe, Vol. 3 (of 3) by A. H. (Arthur Henry) Bullen

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 Alexander Pope

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 Geoffrey Chaucer

Hence, whoso will can readily remark That soul conjoined is with mind, and, when 'Tis strook by influence of the mind, forthwith In turn it hits and drives the body too.

From On the Nature of Things by William Ellery Leonard

His fame, his conduct, and that martial look, The guilty Scots with such a terror strook, That to his courage they resign the field, Who to his bounty had refused to yield.

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

As the production fell further and further behind schedule, Mr. Pallenberg frantically rewrote the ending, blithely confessing that he tinkered around with killing off this or that character as the mood struck.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

Part of the deal the tech giant struck with almost all US states was to add more child safety measures - but Meta also called on TikTok and YouTube to add the same features.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

The Information reported late Wednesday that the company had struck a $12.9 billion deal to acquire Hugging Face, a repository for open-source AI tools.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026

Hatim Sharif, a hydrologist at the University of Texas San Antonio, told AFP one thing that struck him was the lack of rainfall beforehand.

From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026

The clouds broke up into horsetails, the wind shifted to the east, and a heavy wind struck us.

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell

The stricken area is comprised mostly of towns and villages with few, if any, high-rise buildings.

From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026

Residents stricken by the parasite told the BBC it was "the most painful thing I've ever been through in my life".

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026

The heroic pilot who safely ditched a stricken airliner in a New York City river in 2009 has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 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

And in his arms before him on his horse he bore the body of his kinsman, Faramir son of Denethor, found upon the stricken field.

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

Yamamoto gave up a leadoff homer to Drake Baldwin but was lights out from there, allowing only three more hits and striking out eight before he exited with one out in the seventh inning.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

The enterprise software leader jumped 23% after striking a partnership deal with Anthropic, boosting investor confidence in its ability to integrate AI into its software.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

While batters may be striking at 123 when driving, their dismissal rate sits at 31.9, 10 balls lower than that of defensive strokes.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

On Monday, government spokesperson Maud Bregeon said Macron "has decided to promulgate the law" containing the ban on phones, despite the Constitutional Council striking down its flagship provision.

From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026

He was too far north, within striking distance of Union troops.

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson