strike on/upon

phrasal verb

struck on/upon; struck on/upon also stricken on/upon; striking on/upon
: to find or discover (something) especially suddenly
He struck on an idea for his novel.
They struck upon a salt mine.

Examples of strike on/upon in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web During the 2006 war, an Israeli strike on a residential building killed nearly three dozen people, a third of them children. Kareem Chehayeb, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024 After Israel’s strike on Hezbollah’s leader Hassan Nasrallah last month, President Joe Biden and other world leaders called it a measure of justice. Anna Mulrine Grobe, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Oct. 2024 Last month, an Israeli strike on a school compound near Gaza city, killed at least 22 people, mostly women and children, according to Palestinian officials. Abeer Salman, CNN, 10 Oct. 2024 Live 00:00 01:10 01:10 Video shows aftermath of deadly strike on Gaza hospital 01:10 At least 125 people have been killed during five days of Israeli operations in northern Gaza, the enclave's Hamas-run government said in a statement today. NBC News, 9 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for strike on/upon 

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“Strike on/upon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/strike%20on%2Fupon. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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