strike on/upon

phrasal verb

struck on/upon; struck on/upon also stricken on/upon; striking on/upon

: to find or discover (something) especially suddenly

He struck on an idea for his novel.

They struck upon a salt mine.

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All were involved in planning and discussions of the deadly drone strike on Iranian Gen. Qasem Soleimani in January 2020. —

Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 27 Jan. 2025 Teamsters union members working at Costco Wholesale locations across the country voted to authorize a strike on Sunday, with more than 85% of members in favor of hitting the picket lines. —

Leah Sarnoff, ABC News, 19 Jan. 2025 Russian forces unleashed a combined drone and missile strike on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv early on Saturday, killing at least three people in a central district, city officials said. —

Reuters, NBC News, 18 Jan. 2025 Emergency crews recently extinguished a large fire sparked by a strike on Jan. 8. —

Cassandra Vinograd, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for strike on/upon

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