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Neeta Satam | Bloomberg | Getty Images Boeing defense workers voted to approve a new contract yesterday, ending the union’s first strike since 1996.
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Alex Harring, CNBC, 14 Nov. 2025
The Strike As soon as the twenty minutes were up, the first strike landed on the tower.
—Mohammed R. Mhawish, New Yorker, 11 Nov. 2025
All three nuclear powers have established their own nuclear triad, consisting of ICBMs, submarines armed with ballistic missiles and nuclear-capable aircraft, which ensure their forces can survive a first strike and retaliate, thereby deterring a nuclear attack.
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2025
According to his account of the events, this was the first strike against him.
—Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
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Alex Harring, CNBC, 14 Nov. 2025
The Strike As soon as the twenty minutes were up, the first strike landed on the tower.
—Mohammed R. Mhawish, New Yorker, 11 Nov. 2025
All three nuclear powers have established their own nuclear triad, consisting of ICBMs, submarines armed with ballistic missiles and nuclear-capable aircraft, which ensure their forces can survive a first strike and retaliate, thereby deterring a nuclear attack.
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2025
According to his account of the events, this was the first strike against him.
—Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
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“First strike.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/first%20strike. Accessed 17 Nov. 2025.
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