Sentence examples for couple of strikes from inspiring English sources

"He has a couple of strikes against him.

"We know Yani has a couple of strikes against her in America," Tseng's adviser, Ernie Huang, said.

"It was a combination of his personality - he was abrasive, he didn't get along with people - and the unions were gaining in power, he held out too long and the unions beat him on a couple of strikes," he said.

But foreign policy experts The Fix spoke to after Trump's first Syria strike a year ago say Trump is probably okay launching one or even a couple of strikes on his own without Congress's permission.

He's a couple of strikes down".

However, the claim already has a couple of strikes against it.

Since 2009, there have been a couple of attempted strikes against the U.S. that can be traced there; for instance, the Christmas Day bomber in 2009.

Though one's not strictly necessary: a couple of quick strikes in the other game, and Bosnia-Herzegovina still have that two-goal lead, 3-1 up against Iran.

American Trotskyists led a couple of industrial strikes, but their main action was on paper and in meetings — essays and ripostes in The New International, factional fights, disputes over the proper definition of the Soviet Union (degenerated workers' state? bureaucratic collectivism?).

"It happened to us up here the last time, there was a couple of stunning strikes," said Archibald.

Before the break, Chelsea were limited to a couple of Willian strikes wide, a Cahill header over and a well-struck Oscar overhead kick past the frame of the goal.