strike on/upon
phrasal verb
struck on/upon; struck on/upon also stricken on/upon; striking on/upon
: to find or discover (something) especially suddenly
He struck on an idea for his novel.
They struck upon a salt mine.
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Rami Zohod/Reuters Palestinians inspect the site of an Israeli strike on a house in Beit Lahia, Gaza Strip, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, May 20, 2024.
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Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 May 2024
The union’s decision to strike on the 19,764-student campus — where nearly 2,000 students are in graduate school — could deal a blow to operations at a critical time during the final weeks of the spring quarter.
—Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2024
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Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 May 2024
The union’s decision to strike on the 19,764-student campus — where nearly 2,000 students are in graduate school — could deal a blow to operations at a critical time during the final weeks of the spring quarter.
—Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2024
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“Strike on/upon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/strike%20on%2Fupon. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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