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strikes

  • plural of strike.
  • present tense form of strike (3rd person singular).

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Iranian officials downplayed the strikes’ impact, acknowledging damage to nuclear facilities but that the know-how remained intact.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 22, 2025

"They've had the two years of Covid, they've had the teacher strikes' days... and now we aren't thought about because nobody else is going through this," she says.

From BBC • Oct. 10, 2023

But Alberto Barbera, the director of the Venice Film Festival, said Tuesday that the strikes’ effects on the festival lineup had otherwise been minimal.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 25, 2023

The spokesperson did not elaborate on the reason and declined to comment on the strikes' financial impact on the group, which is in the process of being fully nationalised.

From Reuters • Apr. 13, 2023

There's the labor unions an' employers' associations, an' strikes', an' hard times, an' huntin' for jobs, an' all the rest.

From The Valley of the Moon by London, Jack