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Recent Examples of strafeOn the fateful December morning, Japanese planes strafed the deck of the Oklahoma, causing the ship to turn over and trapping Hryniewicz and his fellow sailors in its hull.—Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY, 16 May 2024 On November 10, 1945, Allied aircraft bombed and strafed the East Indies city of Surabaya after nationalists killed a British brigadier.—Max Hastings, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2013 In December, while the Panay was carrying out the evacuation of Americans from China, Japanese planes bombed and strafed the boat.—Richard Goldstein, New York Times, 8 June 2024 People were trapped in the open, incinerated, asphyxiated and strafed with machine-gun fire.—Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2024 See all Example Sentences for strafe
The Lilac fire spread from the edge of nearby I-15 in a southwesterly direction and raked across the rear of a tan-colored home on the eastern side of Ranchos Ladera Road, burning up to the property’s patio.
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Paul Sisson,
The Mercury News,
22 Jan. 2025
Dash Day had himself quite a time, raking the trap, drawing in the sand and playing with a golf ball while his dad posed for pictures with a trophy and a surfboard — and a check for $1.13 million.
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Kirk Kenney,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 Jan. 2025
When that extreme trend was pointed out to Suzuki, the Cubs hitting infrastructure worked with him to look for moments to be aggressive and attack the first pitch.
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Meghan Montemurro,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Feb. 2025
Government officials and local civil society leaders didn't immediately comment, though Congo's Communications Ministry said the rebels had violated ceasefire agreements and attacked Congolese troops working to avoid urban warfare and violence in Bukavu.
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