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Commuters may be caught up in New Jersey Transit’s first strike in more than 40 years.
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James Barron, New York Times, 15 May 2025
The attack comes just days after Israel launched its first strike on the Lebanese capital since a ceasefire with Hezbollah came into effect in November.
—Charbel Mallo, CNN Money, 1 Apr. 2025
All such theories, however, have appeared to be unreliable and speculative since any first strikes would have to contend with the risk of an enemy launch on warning as well as sufficient systems surviving for a devastating riposte.
—Lawrence D. Freedman, Foreign Affairs, 14 Apr. 2025
That’s why even just the Trump administration’s first strike against its targets—a mass curtailment of science-research funding—could end up being felt by students right away.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 30 Mar. 2025
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James Barron, New York Times, 15 May 2025
The attack comes just days after Israel launched its first strike on the Lebanese capital since a ceasefire with Hezbollah came into effect in November.
—Charbel Mallo, CNN Money, 1 Apr. 2025
All such theories, however, have appeared to be unreliable and speculative since any first strikes would have to contend with the risk of an enemy launch on warning as well as sufficient systems surviving for a devastating riposte.
—Lawrence D. Freedman, Foreign Affairs, 14 Apr. 2025
That’s why even just the Trump administration’s first strike against its targets—a mass curtailment of science-research funding—could end up being felt by students right away.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 30 Mar. 2025
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“First strike.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/first%20strike. Accessed 1 Jun. 2025.
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