How to Use strike on/upon in a Sentence

strike on/upon

phrasal verb

• They were killed in a strike on the Al-Maghazi refugee camp.
  — NBC News, 6 Nov. 2023
• This strike on Ukraine seems to have been [the Oreshnik's] first test.
  — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
• The assault was the fourth such strike on Moscow in July.
  — Ann M. Simmons, WSJ, 30 July 2023
• The health ministry saying at least 50 people were killed in the strike on the al Fakhoura (ph) school.
  — ABC News, 19 Nov. 2023
• The first strike on Tuesday also hit a gas pipeline and a school.
  — Serhii Korolchuk, Washington Post, 25 Jan. 2024
• Yassin and Haniyeh were both injured in an Israeli strike on Gaza City in 2003.
  — Frances Vinall, Washington Post, 31 July 2024
• The tragedy came in the tense aftermath of an Iranian strike on a U.S. base, and sparked protests in Iran.
  — Harold Maass, The Week, 17 Apr. 2023
• Grant’s death drove home concerns in some quarters about the effect of the strike on the people held in prison.
  — Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 23 Feb. 2025
• The launch pad endured a lightning strike on April 27, but SpaceX said the rocket was healthy for the attempt.
  — Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 8 Dec. 2024
• The launch pad endured a lightning strike on April 27, but SpaceX said the rocket was healthy for the attempt.
  — Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 14 Jan. 2024
• The launch pad endured a lightning strike on April 27, but SpaceX said the rocket was healthy for the attempt.
  — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Apr. 2025
• The launch pad endured a lightning strike on April 27, but SpaceX said the rocket was healthy for the attempt.
  — Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 8 July 2024
• The launch pad endured a lightning strike on April 27, but SpaceX said the rocket was healthy for the attempt.
  — Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 4 Aug. 2024
• The launch pad endured a lightning strike on April 27, but SpaceX said the rocket was healthy for the attempt.
  — Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 18 Mar. 2025
• The launch pad endured a lightning strike on April 27, but SpaceX said the rocket was healthy for the attempt.
  — Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 4 Feb. 2025
• The launch pad endured a lightning strike on April 27, but SpaceX said the rocket was healthy for the attempt.
  — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 June 2025
• Those were among the last deal points to fall into place before the union could end its 118-day strike on Wednesday.
  — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 9 Nov. 2023
• But a strike on the main road between Khan Younis and Rafah stopped most movement between the two cities.
  — Nidal Al-Mughrabi and Mahmoud Issa, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2025
• Haniyeh was killed in a precise strike on his residence in Tehran, Iran.
  — Callum Sutherland, Time, 28 May 2025
• The fire started with a lightning strike on July 4, about four miles away as the crow flies from the historic Grand Canyon Lodge.
  — Caitlin McGlade, AZCentral.com, 17 July 2025
• Israel killed Shukr in a strike on the southern suburbs of Beirut last Tuesday.
  — Raf Sanchez, NBC News, 5 Aug. 2024
• Estrada threw 70 percent of his offerings in the zone and earned the first-pitch strike on eight of 14 batters faced.
  — Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 8 July 2025
• His mom threw a strike on the ceremonial first pitch in his place.
  — Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2023
• An Israeli strike on the camp left week-old Mohammed injured with a shrapnel wound.
  — Gabriel San Román, Los Angeles Times, 18 Nov. 2023
• The missile strike on Hroza would be one of the deadliest attacks on civilians during the war.
  — Alexander Smith, NBC News, 5 Oct. 2023
• On June 22, the U.S. launched its own stealth strike on three of Iran's key nuclear enrichment sites.
  — Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 13 July 2025
• That’s despite getting caught up in a French air traffic controllers’ strike on her way to Rome this week.
  — Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 7 July 2025
• There, the deaths of three British citizens in the strike on the World Central Kitchen workers have stoked public outrage.
  — Cate Brown, Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2024
• American Airlines could soon have a strike on its hands.
  — Melvin Backman, Quartz, 12 June 2024
• In recent weeks, the town has seen attacks on its outskirts but this is the first strike on the settlement itself.
  — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 25 Oct. 2024