strikebound
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of strikebound
Example Sentences
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Homeless people hawked the strikebound paper as management struggled to keep it on the streets.
From New York Times ● Aug. 21, 2015
In a recent, dramatic example, New York's chain-publishing S. I. Newhouse sold plant and property of his strikebound St. Louis Globe-Democrat to the thriving St. Louis Post-Dispatch, which will print the Globe on contract.
From Time Magazine Archive
Thus, with high hopes, the United Steelworkers set out last week to deal with steel companies who, after five strikebound weeks, were making conciliatory sounds.
From Time Magazine Archive
Last week with the steel mills strikebound since mid-July, the air in Youngstown was ominously clear.
From Time Magazine Archive
The strikebound airline kept its flights about two-thirds full by offering $75 one-way rates between any two nonstop points that it serves.
From Time Magazine Archive
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