How to Use strike force in a Sentence

strike force

noun
  • But with more training, the troops are expected to form elite strike forces.
    — John Ismay Kenny Holston, New York Times, 23 Mar. 2023
  • In a series of phone calls and meetings over the course of several weeks, the strike force hashed out ideas.
    — New York Times, 17 Jan. 2021
  • Ukraine’s long-range drone strike force has focused much of its attention on Russian bomber bases.
    — David Axe, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
  • Treasury’s announcement of a new fentanyl strike force is a step in the right direction.
    — WSJ, 12 Dec. 2023
  • Brown declined to give further details on what the strike force would look like, saying more details will be released soon.
    — Paige Fry, chicagotribune.com, 13 July 2021
  • The strike force became a major talking point of his 2018 re-election bid.
    — Richard Ruelas, The Arizona Republic, 19 Mar. 2021
  • The strike forced the World Series to be canceled for the first time since 1904.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Aug. 2019
  • France has arguably the strongest strike force going forward in the entire World Cup field.
    — Cincinnati.com, 16 June 2018
  • The solution that has seemingly been posed in response to this, is that the strike force is in need of reconsruction.
    — SI.com, 6 May 2018
  • Last week, Loftus called a news conference to announce the creation of an auto burglary strike force.
    — Evan Sernoffsky, SFChronicle.com, 6 Nov. 2019
  • Over time, the units evolved into an elite strike force whose members hailed from various branches of the Afghan military.
    — Antonio Olivo, Washington Post, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Tillis asked why operational details needed to be shared outside the strike force just before the attack was scheduled to take place.
    — Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 27 Mar. 2025
  • Later on Thursday, Garland will travel to Chicago, one of the strike force cities.
    — Clare Hymes, CBS News, 22 July 2021
  • In the series, Lemar is part of John's Captain America strike force.
    — Nick Romano, EW.com, 26 Mar. 2021
  • Mbappé, Neymar and Messi, that strike force of the best there was, the best there is and the best there might yet be, prowled the field forlorn.
    — New York Times, 9 Mar. 2022
  • Two of those teams known as ‘’strike forces,’’ in Colorado and New Jersey, were announced Wednesday.
    — Tony Romm, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Aug. 2023
  • If the program succeeds, the Air Force will retain its status as the world’s preeminent long-range strike force.
    — Loren Thompson, Forbes, 11 May 2021
  • Simeone possess one of the most adaptable squads in Europe which boasts an efficient backline and a proficient strike force.
    — SI.com, 15 May 2018
  • The police have also increased patrols in the urban core and created a strike force to ramp up enforcement in problem areas.
    — Matthew Cupelli, Cincinnati Enquirer, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Instead of relying on phone calls about a case, the strike force and work in person to discuss strategy and plans, explained Barron.
    — Mikenzie Frost, Baltimore Sun, 25 Nov. 2024
  • The strikes forced the cancellation of 30% of flights in and out of Paris, and at least half of local and long-distance train services were cut.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 22 Mar. 2018
  • Trump has amassed a massive military contingent in the Middle East, with a complete strike force set to be in place by March.
    — Laura Kelly, The Hill, 19 Feb. 2026
  • In southern Kandahar province in March, an Afghan strike force arrived in Panjwai in the night and took away two men.
    — Washington Post, 31 Oct. 2019
  • Wrexham 3 Wycombe 2 - Hollywood in town, a hit in the States and an underrated strike force?
    — New York Times, 11 Aug. 2024
  • Forty officers responded, a strike force dwarfed by a crowd of perhaps 3,000 vigilantes who gathered at the scene, many of them with guns in hand.
    — James Karst, NOLA.com, 7 Jan. 2018
  • Swanson tips her hat to the unity of her team’s strike force, and fellow forwards Sophia Smith and Trinity Rodman.
    — Andy Frye, Forbes, 12 Sep. 2024
  • Former members of the strike force and former CIA officers who worked with them reject the allegations.
    — Rich Schapiro, NBC news, 30 Nov. 2025
  • The strike force waited in armored vehicles at a staging area in Kenscoff, where a once peaceful region has been under gang attacks since the beginning of the year.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Jones has been in state custody since April, after members of the strike force raided a home in the 1600 block of Edmondson Ave.
    — Justin Fenton, baltimoresun.com, 10 Aug. 2021
  • But memories are still vivid of 1995, when a series of massive strikes forced the government to back down on making cuts to the country’s welfare and pension system.
    — Gregory Viscusi, Bloomberg.com, 4 Apr. 2018

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