strike against
noun
chiefly US
: something that makes someone or something less likely to be accepted, approved, successful, etc.
Her poor attendance was a strike against her.
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Hezbollah has claimed one strike against Israel since the ceasefire.
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Arkansas Online, 8 Feb. 2026
Hezbollah has claimed one strike against Israel since the ceasefire.
—Abby Sewell, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2026
Nurses are on strike against NewYork-Presbyterian, Mount Sinai and Montefiore because their lack of care for nurses means lack of care for patients.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 31 Jan. 2026
Many food establishments around the country nonetheless deemed the sacrifice worthwhile today, joining a nationwide strike against ICE’s mass deportations and violence against protesters in Minneapolis and across the country.
—Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 30 Jan. 2026
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Arkansas Online, 8 Feb. 2026
Hezbollah has claimed one strike against Israel since the ceasefire.
—Abby Sewell, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2026
Nurses are on strike against NewYork-Presbyterian, Mount Sinai and Montefiore because their lack of care for nurses means lack of care for patients.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 31 Jan. 2026
Many food establishments around the country nonetheless deemed the sacrifice worthwhile today, joining a nationwide strike against ICE’s mass deportations and violence against protesters in Minneapolis and across the country.
—Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 30 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for strike against
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“Strike against.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/strike%20against. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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