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Example sentences for: strikes

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Corrupt party financing "strikes at the heart of democracy."
USAT reports a U.S. first--the opening wave of strikes against Iraq included a female Navy carrier pilot.
Amajority of the commentariat thinks that HMO reform strikes a chord with voters in a way that tobacco and campaign finance reform did not.
The WP runs the text of Clinton's legal motion in the matter, which includes an argument that strikes the lay person as bizarrely permissive: Even on the assumption that then-Gov.
Movie -- The Empire Strikes Back: Special Edition ;