strike (someone) as
idiom
: to cause (someone) to think about someone or something in a particular way
It strikes me as peculiar that she left without a word.
Her comment struck me as odd.
She strikes us as a very qualified candidate.
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The country would view any Indian strike as an unwarranted provocation.
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Michael Kugelman, Time, 3 May 2025
The Houthis described the strike as hitting the Farwa neighborhood market in Sanaa’s Shuub district.
—Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2025
Since the dispute began, union members have voted numerous times to escalate their strike as the city began using temporary workers to pick up the growing piles of trash throughout Birmingham.
—Max Saltman, CNN Money, 31 Mar. 2025
Thousands of civil servants go on strike as part of a nationwide civil disobedience movement.
—Koh Ewe, TIME, 1 Nov. 2024
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Michael Kugelman, Time, 3 May 2025
The Houthis described the strike as hitting the Farwa neighborhood market in Sanaa’s Shuub district.
—Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2025
Since the dispute began, union members have voted numerous times to escalate their strike as the city began using temporary workers to pick up the growing piles of trash throughout Birmingham.
—Max Saltman, CNN Money, 31 Mar. 2025
Thousands of civil servants go on strike as part of a nationwide civil disobedience movement.
—Koh Ewe, TIME, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Strike (someone) as.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/strike%20%28someone%29%20as. Accessed 15 May. 2025.
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