Sentence examples for as a third strike from inspiring English sources

After its ruling in the Andrade case last November, the Ninth Circuit issued a decision in another three-strikes case in February, holding that petty theft cannot serve as a third strike even if the prior offenses had been violent felonies.

And after what the White House saw as a third strike this month — Mr. Boehner's humiliating public rejection of Mr. Obama's requested date for an address to a joint session of Congress — the Obama team called Mr. Boehner out.

Under this law, any felony can serve as a third strike, and conviction of a third strike requires a mandatory prison sentence of 25 years to life.

He held on, qualifying it as a third strike.

(There is an exception to this exception: a two-strike foul bunt is recorded as a third strike).

We'll just count that as a third strike — no military background — and I'll declare right now my noncandidacy for the presidency.

With two out in the ninth, Dale Mitchell, pinch-hitting for Maglie, who had pitched a five-hitter, looked at a third strike as the Yankees won, 2-0.

Roughly a third of the tips struck me as obvious, a third struck me as genius, and a third moved me to annotate the page with TELL DAD.

Mr Osborne's proposed benefits squeeze may be seen as a first strike in that campaign.

A successful counterforce attack that rendered retaliation impossible known as a "first strike"—would be strategically decisive.

If Judge Nathan finds that he violated the order, it can be seen as a second strike against him.