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The line is generally around the building at the stroke of midnight that day, Parks said.—Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 7 June 2025 Government funding is due to lapse at the stroke of 12 a.m. Saturday.—Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 12 Mar. 2025 And Congress can't be forced into action at the stroke of a president's pen.—Zac Anderson, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2025 As with a lot of this administration’s arson of the functions of the federal government, this is not something that can simply be undone at the stroke of a pen if Trump changes his mind or another president reverses course.—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 5 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for at the stroke of
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