as in to begin
to take the first step in (a process or course of action)
before you actually strike into your speech, you should introduce yourself
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for strike (into)
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Poland has reported the entry of Russian drones and missiles multiple times since Moscow began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
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During World War II, Jenkins began selling items like monuments, tombstones, furniture, home appliances, toys and gifts, in addition to their usual music products.—
Sarah Biegelsen,
Kansas City Star,
14 Sep. 2025
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Once relocated, filing of a nonresident return reporting income sourced in the former state should be considered to commence any applicable statutes of limitations on assessment.—
Tom Cullinan,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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Everyone is sitting around and preparing for the season to commence; however, the same cannot be said for the Golden State Warriors at this point.—
Ricardo Klein,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
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The 14th version, launched in 2021, wraps up at the end of this year, with the 15th starting next year.—
Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
17 Sep. 2025
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As the image of a college education providing the future to financial security has already started to show cracks, here is another — the top and bottom poverty rates by major.—
Erik Sherman,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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The Chargers got off to a hot start to the season in year two under Jim Harbaugh by defeating the Chiefs 27-21 in the NFL season opener.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
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Brooks Lee’s 15th home run of the season was the only other run the Twins would get off Rodón in his six innings.—
Betsy Helfand,
Twin Cities,
16 Sep. 2025
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Episode 5 opens with a postal worker’s 2020 account of seeing Sellers naked in the woods, with his face covered, carrying a child’s jacket.—
Erin Jensen,
USA Today,
19 Sep. 2025
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Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni and Austrian Chancellor Christian Stocker were on hand for the ceremonial breakthrough of the final meter of rock to open the first tunnel beneath the Brenner Pass, a key junction in an EU rail project that will one day run from Helsinki to Palermo.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
19 Sep. 2025
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Best known for its custom furniture and traditional-leaning aesthetic, The Inside, like Havenly, was also female-founded.—
Amanda Lauren,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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Ermiya Fanaeian, a transgender woman of color and formerly a diversity director at the University of Utah, founded AQSLC after parting ways with the Pink Pistols, an LGBT organization advocating in support of firearm safety and bearing arms as a means of self-defense.—
Mia Cathell,
The Washington Examiner,
17 Sep. 2025
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So too has Turning Point USA, with executive director Andrew Kolvet telling the Washington Examiner that the organization Kirk launched in 2012 was not drawing any preliminary conclusions or getting ahead of law enforcement.—
Naomi Lim,
The Washington Examiner,
16 Sep. 2025
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The glasses, reportedly developed under the codename Hypernova, will launch under the Ray-Ban brand.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Strike (into).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/strike%20%28into%29. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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