strike

01. The workers are on [strike] for higher wages.

02. Lightening [struck] a house in our neighborhood last night, starting a fire which destroyed two homes.

03. Her grandfather was killed when he was [struck] by a car while crossing the street.

04. Willie Tyler once joked that the reason lightning doesn't [strike] twice in the same place is that the same place isn't there the second time.

05. A cyclist [struck] a pedestrian, severely injuring him, at this crosswalk this morning.

06. It looks like the [strike] by ferry workers is going to be a long one, with government negotiators and union officials both saying they have given up on talks for the time being.

07. Shannon bears a [striking] resemblance to her grandmother.

08. Teachers at the university are on [strike] for greater job security.

09. There is a Hindu proverb which states that you should never [strike] your wife, not even with a flower.

10. There is a Chinese proverb which observes that the man who [strikes] first admits that his ideas have given out.

11. There is a Korean proverb which notes that you cannot [strike] a face that is smiling.

12. There is an Iranian proverb which states that when fate [strikes], physicians are useless.

13. You are more likely to be [struck] by lightning than to be attacked by a shark.

14. Carnivorous animals will not eat another animal that has been hit by a lightning [strike].

15. Prior to 1981, labor [strikes] by black workers in South Africa were illegal.

16. The national dress of Swaziland is said to be quite [striking], and is frequently worn during important ceremonies.

17. Imperial Oil Ltd. [struck] oil in Alberta, Canada in 1947.

18. About 100 lightning bolts [strike] the earth each second.