strike against
noun
chiefly US
: something that makes someone or something less likely to be accepted, approved, successful, etc.
Her poor attendance was a strike against her.
Examples of strike against in a Sentence
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Iran on Saturday night unleashed a retaliatory strike against Israel, sending a volley of more than 300 uncrewed drones and missiles toward targets throughout the country, Israeli military officials said.
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Tom Soufi Burridge, ABC News, 18 Apr. 2024
One of his top critics, Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said that Johnson’s vote against the warrant requirement was another strike against him.
—Farnoush Amiri and Eric Tucker, Quartz, 12 Apr. 2024
The endorsement came just four months after Biden joined auto workers on a picket line in Michigan in their strike against the nation’s three largest automakers.
—Michael Collins, USA TODAY, 12 Mar. 2024
But by waging an unprecedented strike against all three unionized automakers last year, the union won an immediate pay increase of at least 11% for its members, and pay hikes expected to total more than 30% of the four-and-half year life of the contract.
—Chris Isidore, CNN, 5 Apr. 2024
The surge in union interest follows the UAW's strike against the Big 3 automakers last fall, which led to record contracts.
—Stephan Bisaha, NPR, 5 Apr. 2024
In October, just ten days after Hamas committed its massacre in Israel, much of the press — the New York Times, the AP, the BBC — fell for the group’s claim that Israel had killed hundreds of Palestinians in a strike against a Palestinian hospital.
—Ramesh Ponnuru, National Review, 21 Mar. 2024
Again, the strike against automakers wasn't the only labor dispute in town.
—Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 7 Feb. 2024
That will have the virtue of sparing Israelis and Palestinians alike, as Israel will have no need either to quarantine Gaza or strike against it.
—Dennis Ross, Foreign Affairs, 13 Mar. 2024
Tom Soufi Burridge, ABC News, 18 Apr. 2024
One of his top critics, Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said that Johnson’s vote against the warrant requirement was another strike against him.
—Farnoush Amiri and Eric Tucker, Quartz, 12 Apr. 2024
The endorsement came just four months after Biden joined auto workers on a picket line in Michigan in their strike against the nation’s three largest automakers.
—Michael Collins, USA TODAY, 12 Mar. 2024
But by waging an unprecedented strike against all three unionized automakers last year, the union won an immediate pay increase of at least 11% for its members, and pay hikes expected to total more than 30% of the four-and-half year life of the contract.
—Chris Isidore, CNN, 5 Apr. 2024
The surge in union interest follows the UAW's strike against the Big 3 automakers last fall, which led to record contracts.
—Stephan Bisaha, NPR, 5 Apr. 2024
In October, just ten days after Hamas committed its massacre in Israel, much of the press — the New York Times, the AP, the BBC — fell for the group’s claim that Israel had killed hundreds of Palestinians in a strike against a Palestinian hospital.
—Ramesh Ponnuru, National Review, 21 Mar. 2024
Again, the strike against automakers wasn't the only labor dispute in town.
—Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 7 Feb. 2024
That will have the virtue of sparing Israelis and Palestinians alike, as Israel will have no need either to quarantine Gaza or strike against it.
—Dennis Ross, Foreign Affairs, 13 Mar. 2024
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