How to Use strike (someone) as in a Sentence

strike (someone) as

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  • Thousands of workers across the East Coast and Gulf Coast are poised to strike as soon as 12:01 a.m.
    — William Gavin, Quartz, 30 Sep. 2024
  • In the end, the WGA scored numerous achievements with the contract deal that ended the strike as of Sept. 27.
    — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 18 Nov. 2023
  • The strike as planned will be the longest in the history of the 75-year-old National Health Service.
    — Harold Maass, The Week Us, theweek, 4 Jan. 2024
  • The agreement expires on May 1, and WGA members could go out on strike as early as the next day.
    — Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Apr. 2023
  • The guild said its leaders may end the strike as soon as Tuesday, once the contract is finalized and sent to members for a vote.
    — Emma Roth, The Verge, 25 Sep. 2023
  • Instead, Kim views the strike as the beginning of a larger effort to disarm him and as a prelude to regime change.
    — Robert Jervis, Foreign Affairs, 5 Apr. 2018
  • On Saturn, lightning can strike as much as 10 times per second.
    — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 20 June 2023
  • The Air Force would need a third fewer planes to carry out the same strike as one undertaken today.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 27 Nov. 2020
  • If a contract is not settled by then, the union said its members would go on strike as long as necessary.
    — Irving Mejia-Hilario, Dallas News, 12 July 2023
  • The contract expires at midnight, and the actors union could call a strike as soon as Saturday if no deal is reached.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 30 June 2023
  • In the second scenario, Assad sees the strike as a signal that the United States doesn’t much care about his regime’s use of chemical weapons.
    — Dianne Pfundstein Chamberlain, Foreign Affairs, 14 Apr. 2017
  • This is the union’s first strike in 47 years, but Daggett participated in the previous strike as a rank-and-file dock worker.
    — Chris Isidore and Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Lightning often strikes outside areas of heavy rain and can strike as far as 10 miles away from any rainfall.
    — Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 3 July 2024
  • And over the past few months, Hollywood was wracked by a rare double strike as writers hit the picket lines in May and actors joined them in July.
    — Marley Jay, NBC News, 30 Sep. 2023
  • The contract expires on Friday, and the leadership has the power to call a strike as soon as Saturday if no agreement is reached.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 27 June 2023
  • The union said some 450 airport workers employed by Areas might strike as early as this weekend.
    — Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Some view the strike as an important statement about their way of life, and others say the union has gone too far and is promoting an unwinnable, and to some unjust, fight.
    — Melissa Eddy, New York Times, 7 Dec. 2023
  • As the strike entered its fifth day Tuesday with the two sides apparently far apart, the union is threatening to expand the strike as soon as noon this Friday.
    — Chris Isidore, CNN, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Railroad companies and their unions are locked in a battle over a new labor contract, and some of the unions are threatening to call a strike as early as Dec. 9.
    — David Harrison and Esther Fung, WSJ, 29 Nov. 2022
  • Whalen mentioned the mill strike as a potential story of interest.
    — Liz Rothaus Bertrand, Charlotte Observer, 25 Apr. 2024
  • Belated efforts by his family to reach out now strike as suspect and tardy.
    — Ron Charles, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2020
  • Some Tesla owners describe the strike as a publicity grab and a demonstration of the union’s overreach.
    — Melissa Eddy, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2023
  • The strikers lay blame for disruptions on the university for events leading up to the strike as well as the delay in its resolution.
    — Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2024
  • Stewart said that no guests had declined invitations citing the strike as a reason.
    — Robin Pogrebin, New York Times, 26 Sep. 2023
  • Read more Quick hits Hollywood actors agreed to a 12-day contract extension to avert a strike as talks continue.
    — USA TODAY, 3 July 2023
  • Air Canada's pilots could begin their strike as early as Wednesday, Sept. 18.
    — Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 12 Sep. 2024
  • The Senate is facing a tight deadline to address the possibility of a costly and looming rail strike as lawmakers close out the week.
    — Byrick Klein, Alisa Wiersema, ABC News, 1 Dec. 2022
  • Mora Villalpando, of La Resistencia, said at least 100 detainees are on a hunger strike as of Friday.
    — oregonlive, 5 Feb. 2023
  • In December, Dahdouh sustained injuries and his cameraman was killed in a drone strike as the pair were covering the aftermath of an airstrike on a school in southern Gaza.
    — Yasmine Salam, NBC News, 8 Jan. 2024
  • Hundreds of Dodger Stadium game-day workers could go on strike as early as next month if the Dodgers do not meet their contract demands by the end of June, the union representing the employees said.
    — Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2023

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