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: a junior enlisted man in the U.S. Navy who has declared an occupational specialty
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: a forward in soccer
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While the treble-hunting Blaugrana appears strong in central midfield, Real Madrid doesn’t, with a yawning gap sometimes separating rows of defenders and strikers in matches.
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Henry Flynn, Forbes.com, 27 Apr. 2025
For the first full season under the celebrity owners, Wrexham hired a new manager — Phil Parkinson, who had good experience in the lower leagues — and was soon spending much more than its rivals, on players such as prolific striker Paul Mullin.
—Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2025
On the monument to those killed, arrows point outward to Pennsylvania, where unarmed strikers were killed at the Lattimer mine in 1897, and to South Africa, where peaceful protesters were killed at an anti-apartheid rally in Sharpeville in 1960.
—Lauren Frayer, NPR, 19 Apr. 2025
Inter Miami striker Luis Suarez hit a cross-field pass down the right side to Weigandt, who whipped in an immediate cross that a diving Cremaschi deflected in at the back post with his left shoulder.
—Franco Panizo, Miami Herald, 19 Apr. 2025
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Henry Flynn, Forbes.com, 27 Apr. 2025
For the first full season under the celebrity owners, Wrexham hired a new manager — Phil Parkinson, who had good experience in the lower leagues — and was soon spending much more than its rivals, on players such as prolific striker Paul Mullin.
—Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2025
On the monument to those killed, arrows point outward to Pennsylvania, where unarmed strikers were killed at the Lattimer mine in 1897, and to South Africa, where peaceful protesters were killed at an anti-apartheid rally in Sharpeville in 1960.
—Lauren Frayer, NPR, 19 Apr. 2025
Inter Miami striker Luis Suarez hit a cross-field pass down the right side to Weigandt, who whipped in an immediate cross that a diving Cremaschi deflected in at the back post with his left shoulder.
—Franco Panizo, Miami Herald, 19 Apr. 2025
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“Striker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/striker. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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striker
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strik·er
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: a worker on strike
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