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  • noun Plural form of striker.

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Examples

  • The police had broken countless heads with their riot clubs; and the death list had been augmented by the turning loose of a machine-gun on the strikers from the barns of the Marsden Special Delivery Company.

    Chapter 10: The Vortex 2010

  • In Made in Dagenham, Rita O'Grady, the leader of the women strikers, is asked, "What does it feel like to make history?"

    Women didn't just strike in Dagenham Gregor Gall 2010

  • Maradona sprung a surprise with his team selection, leaving big-name strikers Carlos Tevez and Sergio Aguero on the bench and instead handing Higuain his first cap.

    Argentina 2-1 Peru 2009

  • AND being able to blame the strikers is a godsend for the Clinton campaign and CBS.

    Dem California Debate Is Canceled Due To Strike 2009

  • While Leno and Conan made all the right noises about supporting the strike, even though they are WGA members and have crossed the picket line to work, Jimmy Kimmel, ever the rebel, called the strikers "ridiculous" for picketing NBC.

    Dennis Perrin: Late Night Scab Fest 2008

  • Thus, anyone who sympathized with the strikers was a security threat and a radical.

    Savage Peace Ann Hagedorn 2007

  • Quotes from local businessmen calling the strikers Bolshevists and deserters showed up everywhere.

    Savage Peace Ann Hagedorn 2007

  • Thus, anyone who sympathized with the strikers was a security threat and a radical.

    Savage Peace Ann Hagedorn 2007

  • Quotes from local businessmen calling the strikers Bolshevists and deserters showed up everywhere.

    Savage Peace Ann Hagedorn 2007

  • Thus, anyone who sympathized with the strikers was a security threat and a radical.

    Savage Peace Ann Hagedorn 2007

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