Sentence examples for contested strike from inspiring English sources

Edin Dzeko gave Manchester City an early lead but a contested strike from Daniel Sturridge against his former club drew Liverpool level before the interval.

The contested strikes came in two waves.

He has contested all three strikes, saying that the rules on the use of Student Union resources were unclear; that anyone could have overloaded the bulletin board, and that in any case, it was not he; and that his comment on his opponent was made in private messages and was essentially what had already been published in the Spectator, the student newspaper, when it endorsed Mr. Cahn.

Following a tightly contested 90 minutes, a Nathan Eccleston strike was enough to send the hosts through.

The issues contested in the school bus strike echo problems Bloomberg has had with other unions involved with the school system -- particularly the United Federation of Teachers.

In a hotly contested case, in 1995 he struck down the Pentagon's "don't ask, don't tell" policy.

As Qawalish first changed hands last Wednesday, a rebel Land Cruiser driving through the contested area struck a Chinese antitank mine.

The legitimacy of strikes per se has always been contested by the employers and the state, because strikes represent a challenge to their authority, power, and interests.

With runners on first and third, Bernie Williams struck out on a contested at-bat.

This year, the legislature approved a ban of abortion when the pregnancy reaches 20 weeks; a requirement for a vaginal ultrasound before a patient's abortion was recently struck down after being contested by the American Civil Liberties Union.

Trade unions said that 75 percent of the country's 2.5 million public workers had gone on strike — a number that was contested by the government, which put the level of participation at about 11.85 percent.