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• Look closer—in the pits, behind the wheel, in the team trailers—and you’ll be struck by something else.
  — Abigail Bassett, ELLE, 4 May 2023
• But readers of Sun’s book are more likely to be struck by the differences.
  — Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2023
• One boat and a car parked in a driveway along Mason Street, across from where the Lexus stopped, appeared to be struck by bullets.
  — oregonlive, 9 May 2022
• Prosecutors say White was the first person to be struck by Brooks.
  — Bill Kirkos, CNN, 11 Oct. 2022
• To believe that the paper accurately reflects the world and then to go out into the streets of New York is to be struck by a sense of the absurd.
  — Earl Shorris, Harper's Magazine, 27 Apr. 2021
• But a careful observer might be struck by the sheer absurdity of the whole thing.
  — Liz Elting, Forbes, 12 Apr. 2022
• If that’s not enough, a person is at least 216 times more likely to be struck by lightning this year than win the Mega Millions jackpot.
  — Timothy Bella, Washington Post, 30 July 2022
• Viewers, though, can't help but be struck by how quickly the group dynamic changes once someone picks up a guitar or sits down at the piano.
  — Nate Bennett, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2021
• But if a deal cannot be struck by the C.B.A.’s expiration, a lockout that would freeze the entire sport is possibly looming.
  — James Wagner, New York Times, 30 Nov. 2021
• Inigo recovered and was released back into the wild, only to be struck by a boat last summer and rescued again.
  — Kevin Spear, Orlando Sentinel, 13 Feb. 2023
• That’s where first responders found two people who appeared to be struck by a vehicle.
  — Howard Koplowitz | [e-mail], al, 11 July 2022
• The sculpture is in poignant dialogue with a video one floor down — looping Super 8 footage of the artist, age 12, acting in a home movie, pretending to be struck by a bullet.
  — Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 5 May 2023
• Any time thunder can be heard, an individual is close enough to be struck by lightning.
  — Matthew Cappucci, Anchorage Daily News, 1 Feb. 2022
• Any deal on overall spending must be struck by Sept. 30, or significant parts of the U.S. government would shut down.
  — Arkansas Online, 3 Sep. 2022
• If one surveys the history of the Voting Rights Act, one can only be struck by the sea change that has occurred in the application and enforcement of the Act since it was passed in 1965.
  — Joan Biskupic, CNN, 24 Oct. 2021
• One analysis found Americans were more likely to be struck by lightning.
  — Lisa Mascaro, Star Tribune, 30 Sep. 2020
• Many viewers appeared to be struck by the lyrics that are heartbreaking yet full of warmth, and posted positive reactions in the comment section.
  — Billboard Japan, Billboard, 18 Apr. 2022
• You will also of course be struck by how much more history remains left out, to be covered (or not) in future incarnations.
  — Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2021
• Lights turned off at night in their apartment during the five-day rampage, Hagler and his siblings survived, in part, by sleeping under their beds in order not to be struck by stray gunfire.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 27 Mar. 2021
• According to the National Weather Service, there are five different ways one can be struck by lightning.
  — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE.com, 20 Jan. 2022
• Right before sunset, if there is enough water, Horsetail Fall will be struck by the fading sunlight in such a way that a streak of fiery orange appears, resembling a lava flow on the 3,200-foot monolith.
  — Kathleen Rellihan, Outside Online, 14 May 2022
• Communication is the bedrock on which a successful deal can be struck by two parties, especially in sales.
  — Onyinye Ikenna-Emeka, Forbes, 5 May 2023
• In Georgia, the inspectors said disorderly conditions could cause workers to slip, trip or be struck by objects.
  — Ramishah Maruf, CNN, 15 Aug. 2022
• Meghan seemed to be struck by one line in particular and thanked the poet, who famously read at President Joe Biden's inauguration, for coming on.
  — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 23 Nov. 2022
• Complications arise, and even the healthiest people can be struck by heart attacks and other life-threatening conditions.
  — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 4 Nov. 2022
• Viewers watching the trial of a former Minneapolis officer charged with murder in George Floyd 's death may be struck by the array of prosecutors taking turns presenting their case.
  — Jim Salter, Star Tribune, 4 Apr. 2021

Last Updated: 22 Oct 2024