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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Of the 12,368 plane crashes recorded by the NTSB between 2012 and 2021 (2,269 of which were fatal), 75 listed a bird strike as a defining event; six were fatal crashes.
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Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 20 June 2025
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) has threatened to strike as early as Friday, May 16 unless NJ Transit and the union are able to agree on new contract terms and conditions for the workers who drive the trains.
—Megan Forrester, ABC News, 13 May 2025
Health care union members at HealthPartners’ Stillwater Medical Group could conduct a four-day unfair labor practice strike as early as July 8 if an agreement with HealthPartners isn’t reached by then.
—Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 27 June 2025
In time, many Western observers and government officials, too, chalked up the attack as a win for nonproliferation, hailing the strike as an audacious but necessary step to prevent Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein from building a nuclear arsenal.
—Jeffrey Fields, The Conversation, 24 June 2025
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Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 20 June 2025
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) has threatened to strike as early as Friday, May 16 unless NJ Transit and the union are able to agree on new contract terms and conditions for the workers who drive the trains.
—Megan Forrester, ABC News, 13 May 2025
Health care union members at HealthPartners’ Stillwater Medical Group could conduct a four-day unfair labor practice strike as early as July 8 if an agreement with HealthPartners isn’t reached by then.
—Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 27 June 2025
In time, many Western observers and government officials, too, chalked up the attack as a win for nonproliferation, hailing the strike as an audacious but necessary step to prevent Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein from building a nuclear arsenal.
—Jeffrey Fields, The Conversation, 24 June 2025
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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 30 Jul. 2025.
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