called strike
noun
: a pitched baseball not struck at by the batter that passes through the strike zone
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In recent years, steelworkers, truckers, bus drivers, railway workers, teachers, and sugarcane workers have called strikes to challenge the current regime.
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Eric S. Edelman, Foreign Affairs, 13 Apr. 2020
Chicago White Sox starter Dylan Cease’s ninth pitch while facing Kyle Farmer in the fifth inning could have been called strike three.
—Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 17 Sep. 2023
For now, the UAW has called strikes at three final assembly plants, where vehicles are built to be shipped to consumers.
—Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 15 Sep. 2023
Spencer Torkelson worked a four-pitch walk with two outs in the seventh inning, but Ohtani bounced back by striking out Carpenter on three pitches — 98.4 mph four-seam fastball (called strike), 85.7 mph sweeper (called strike) and 81.5 mph curveball (swinging strike) — for the third out.
—Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 27 July 2023
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Eric S. Edelman, Foreign Affairs, 13 Apr. 2020
Chicago White Sox starter Dylan Cease’s ninth pitch while facing Kyle Farmer in the fifth inning could have been called strike three.
—Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 17 Sep. 2023
For now, the UAW has called strikes at three final assembly plants, where vehicles are built to be shipped to consumers.
—Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 15 Sep. 2023
Spencer Torkelson worked a four-pitch walk with two outs in the seventh inning, but Ohtani bounced back by striking out Carpenter on three pitches — 98.4 mph four-seam fastball (called strike), 85.7 mph sweeper (called strike) and 81.5 mph curveball (swinging strike) — for the third out.
—Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 27 July 2023
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“Called strike.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/called%20strike. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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