strike against
noun
chiefly US
: something that makes someone or something less likely to be accepted, approved, successful, etc.
Her poor attendance was a strike against her.
Examples of strike against in a Sentence
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All eight episodes began streaming in May 2023, which coincided with the beginning of last summer’s Writers Guild of America strike against Hollywood producers and streamers.
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Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2024
The upheaval arrived as Barra was simultaneously managing last year’s UAW strike against the Big Three automakers.
—Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 20 May 2024
Iran launched more than 300 missiles and drones at Israel from its own soil April 13 in retaliation for an Israeli strike against Iranian generals in Syria.
—Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 May 2024
Neither is the fact that anti-Israel activists in Chicago applauded when it was announced Iran had commenced its unprecedented strike against Israel.
—Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 21 Apr. 2024
The union vote this week involving roughly 5,000 Mercedes-Benz workers near Tuscaloosa, Alabama, is the latest sign of momentum for the UAW since union members went on strike against the Big 3 U.S. automakers last fall.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 14 May 2024
Staffers at the first unionized Apple store have voted to authorize a strike against the company for failing to negotiate better wages and working schedules.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 14 May 2024
Such an action could be a preemptive strike against a Supreme Court poised to unravel the regulatory framework established during the New Deal.
—TIME, 13 May 2024
Tech giant Apple is poised to see its first-ever strike on its retail operations after staff at a store in Maryland voted to authorize a strike against the company.
—Morgan Haefner, Quartz, 12 May 2024
Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2024
The upheaval arrived as Barra was simultaneously managing last year’s UAW strike against the Big Three automakers.
—Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 20 May 2024
Iran launched more than 300 missiles and drones at Israel from its own soil April 13 in retaliation for an Israeli strike against Iranian generals in Syria.
—Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 May 2024
Neither is the fact that anti-Israel activists in Chicago applauded when it was announced Iran had commenced its unprecedented strike against Israel.
—Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 21 Apr. 2024
The union vote this week involving roughly 5,000 Mercedes-Benz workers near Tuscaloosa, Alabama, is the latest sign of momentum for the UAW since union members went on strike against the Big 3 U.S. automakers last fall.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 14 May 2024
Staffers at the first unionized Apple store have voted to authorize a strike against the company for failing to negotiate better wages and working schedules.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 14 May 2024
Such an action could be a preemptive strike against a Supreme Court poised to unravel the regulatory framework established during the New Deal.
—TIME, 13 May 2024
Tech giant Apple is poised to see its first-ever strike on its retail operations after staff at a store in Maryland voted to authorize a strike against the company.
—Morgan Haefner, Quartz, 12 May 2024
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“Strike against.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/strike%20against. Accessed 3 Jun. 2024.
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