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Examples of strike down in a Sentence
a law that was later struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court as unconstitutional
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But the Supreme Court struck down the GOP’s efforts and ruled that public tax dollars must be spent only on common, interpreted as public, schools and cannot be diverted to private or charter schools.
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Hannah Pinski, The Courier-Journal, 29 Mar. 2024
The United States, which had been the only remaining hurdle to such a call, decided not to strike down the resolution.
—Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, 26 Mar. 2024
Why chemo can be so brutal on a person’s body
Getting rid of dangerous, rapid-growing cells is chemo’s number-one priority—even if the drugs need to strike down noncancerous cells along the way.
—Julia Sullivan, SELF, 25 Mar. 2024
The malady that afflicted the Thoreau family was consumption, striking down three generations.
—Alida Becker, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2024
In January, Israel’s Supreme Court struck down a key component of Netanyahu’s overhaul plan; the prime minister's allies vowed to continue fighting for it.
—Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 12 Mar. 2024
The law, known as Senate Bill 4, is considered by opponents to be the most dramatic attempt by a state to police immigration since an Arizona law more than a decade ago, portions of which were struck down by the Supreme Court.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 20 Mar. 2024
The Supreme Court in 2012 struck down elements of an Arizona law that gave state officials similar powers to enforce immigration policies, but the Texas challenge is before a more right-leaning high court, with a 6-3 conservative supermajority.
—Maria Sacchetti, Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2024
The Justice Department, which will be arguing alongside the social media sites Monday in asking the Supreme Court to strike down the state laws, said there are ways to regulate the sites that don’t violate the First Amendment.
—USA TODAY, 25 Feb. 2024
Hannah Pinski, The Courier-Journal, 29 Mar. 2024
The United States, which had been the only remaining hurdle to such a call, decided not to strike down the resolution.
—Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, 26 Mar. 2024
Why chemo can be so brutal on a person’s body
Getting rid of dangerous, rapid-growing cells is chemo’s number-one priority—even if the drugs need to strike down noncancerous cells along the way.
—Julia Sullivan, SELF, 25 Mar. 2024
The malady that afflicted the Thoreau family was consumption, striking down three generations.
—Alida Becker, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2024
In January, Israel’s Supreme Court struck down a key component of Netanyahu’s overhaul plan; the prime minister's allies vowed to continue fighting for it.
—Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 12 Mar. 2024
The law, known as Senate Bill 4, is considered by opponents to be the most dramatic attempt by a state to police immigration since an Arizona law more than a decade ago, portions of which were struck down by the Supreme Court.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 20 Mar. 2024
The Supreme Court in 2012 struck down elements of an Arizona law that gave state officials similar powers to enforce immigration policies, but the Texas challenge is before a more right-leaning high court, with a 6-3 conservative supermajority.
—Maria Sacchetti, Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2024
The Justice Department, which will be arguing alongside the social media sites Monday in asking the Supreme Court to strike down the state laws, said there are ways to regulate the sites that don’t violate the First Amendment.
—USA TODAY, 25 Feb. 2024
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“Strike down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/strike%20down. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.
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