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
• 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
• 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, 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
• 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
• Israel killed Shukr in a strike on the southern suburbs of Beirut last Tuesday.
  — Raf Sanchez, NBC News, 5 Aug. 2024
• 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
• 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
• His perfect strike on a deep pass to wide receiver Jha’Quan Jackson might be the turning point of the season.
  — G Smith, NOLA.com, 26 Sep. 2020
• It was not known what Ukraine was basing its detailed claims on — both those on Tuesday and those in the days after the strike on Sevastopol.
  — Eric Nagourney, New York Times, 26 Sep. 2023
• Drivers of cargo trains started the strike on Tuesday evening.
  — Christopher F. Schuetze, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2024
• The Jewish state reacted with a limited strike on an air base in Iran.
  — Arsalan Shahla, Fortune, 20 May 2024
• What were the reactions from other countries to the Iran missile strike on Israel?
  — Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2024
• At least 20 people were killed on Friday in a double Russian missile strike on the city of Odesa.
  — Josh Pennington, Mari Kostenko and Manveena Suri, CNN, 17 Mar. 2024
• The criminal complaint also alleges that Vidrio has at least one strike on his record.
  — Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Mar. 2021
• The Giants had one man on and no one out in the fourth inning, and Eddings called a 3-1 pitch outside the zone from Julio Urías a strike on the heels of also calling a 2-0 ball a strike.
  — Susan Slusser, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 Oct. 2021
• Hours after the strike on Odessa, shelling struck a shopping center in the southeastern Ukrainian city of Nikopol, causing a large fire to break out.
  — Isabelle Khurshudyan, Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2024
• At least 25 people were killed and dozens more wounded in the fourth strike on or near a school in the Gaza Strip in just four days, health officials in the enclave said late Tuesday.
  — Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 10 July 2024
• Two people were killed and at least 16 others were injured in the strike on Kyiv’s Okhmatdyt hospital.
  — Helen Regan, CNN, 8 July 2024
• In the occupied West Bank, dozens of people gathered in Ramallah to protest the latest Israeli strike on a school.
  — Wafaa Shurafa and Samy Magdy, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Aug. 2024
• Traders are now waiting to see whether Israel makes a retaliatory strike on crude facilities in Iran, which could cause even more of a spike in oil prices.
  — Sean Conlon, CNBC, 4 Oct. 2024
• Safieddine was reportedly a likely successor to Nasrallah, who died when Israel launched a strike on Dahiyeh on Sept. 27.
  — Greg Wehner, Fox News, 7 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 3 Nov 2024