strike against
noun
chiefly US
: something that makes someone or something less likely to be accepted, approved, successful, etc.
Her poor attendance was a strike against her.
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The attack also came just days after Russia launched its largest-ever drone strike against Ukraine, firing 267 UAV’s across Ukraine, according to the Ukrainian Air Force.
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Caitlin McFall, Fox News, 25 Feb. 2025
Russia has launched its single largest drone strike against Ukraine since the start of its full-scale invasion in 2022, Ukrainian authorities say.
—Joe Edwards, Newsweek, 23 Feb. 2025
Production cutbacks would be larger than the fall of 2023, when the United Auto Workers union went on strike against General Motors Co., Ford Motor Co. and Stellantis, the consultant said.
—Bill Koenig, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
The United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 said union members in metro Denver and Boulder have voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike against King Soopers.
—Judith Kohler, The Denver Post, 31 Jan. 2025
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Caitlin McFall, Fox News, 25 Feb. 2025
Russia has launched its single largest drone strike against Ukraine since the start of its full-scale invasion in 2022, Ukrainian authorities say.
—Joe Edwards, Newsweek, 23 Feb. 2025
Production cutbacks would be larger than the fall of 2023, when the United Auto Workers union went on strike against General Motors Co., Ford Motor Co. and Stellantis, the consultant said.
—Bill Koenig, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
The United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 said union members in metro Denver and Boulder have voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike against King Soopers.
—Judith Kohler, The Denver Post, 31 Jan. 2025
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“Strike against.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/strike%20against. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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