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Recent Examples of strafe
Before the fighter escorts began accompanying the slow and heavy U.S. bombers, losses were catastrophic due to getting dive-bombed and strafed by German aircraft.
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Tara Copp, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2025
Sailors jumped from the battleship into burning oil below as machine gun fire strafed the ship and the rest of the fleet.
—Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 6 Dec. 2024
On the fateful December morning, Japanese planes strafed the deck of the Oklahoma, causing the ship to turn over and trapping Hryniewicz and his fellow sailors in its hull.
—Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY, 16 May 2024
On November 10, 1945, Allied aircraft bombed and strafed the East Indies city of Surabaya after nationalists killed a British brigadier.
—Max Hastings, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2013
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Tara Copp, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2025
Sailors jumped from the battleship into burning oil below as machine gun fire strafed the ship and the rest of the fleet.
—Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 6 Dec. 2024
On the fateful December morning, Japanese planes strafed the deck of the Oklahoma, causing the ship to turn over and trapping Hryniewicz and his fellow sailors in its hull.
—Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY, 16 May 2024
On November 10, 1945, Allied aircraft bombed and strafed the East Indies city of Surabaya after nationalists killed a British brigadier.
—Max Hastings, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2013
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The researchers also found burrows dug by some of the animals, as well as scrapes on rocks where the mollusks had raked their teeth to gather up algae or bacteria for food.—
Sara Hashemi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
29 July 2025
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The Royals made news in Chicago on Wednesday morning, calling up a familiar face who’s been raking at Triple-A Omaha.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
23 July 2025
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In June, a woman defaced a Pilsen mural at 16th Street and Ashland Avenue and was accused of attacking another woman who tried to stop her.—
Tess Kenny,
Chicago Tribune,
22 July 2025
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Amorim needs a mobile centre forward capable of attacking open space at speed and offering a threat in quick transition.—
Graham Ruthven,
Forbes.com,
22 July 2025
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More: Bourbon, other U.S. spirits could soon be hit with retaliatory EU tariffs.—
Olivia Evans,
The Courier-Journal,
25 July 2025
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The floods that hit the Hill Country nearly three weeks ago killed dozens of young girls at Camp Mystic, many of whose families live in the Houston region.—
Bayliss Wagner,
Austin American Statesman,
25 July 2025
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“Strafe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/strafe. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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