The Suárez example struck a chord.
The Asian tsunami, for example, struck a ribbon of remote, mainly rural, areas.
UPS, for example, struck a long-term agreement with its union workers in fall 2007 that raised pay and benefits but froze certain pension obligations.
The drug industry, for example, struck a deal with the Obama administration and is now waging a major advertising campaign to help push the health care overhaul.
If AT&T and Sprint, for example, strike a peering deal, then traffic can flow between their two networks directly and quickly.
A poem called "Sunday" is a prime example, striking a key of moroseness ("I wish I were the proud worms / twisting out of nowhere / to writhe and thrash / as if their god had fulfilled / his promise") that comes dangerously close to self-parody.
The Hate News Index will keep an eye out for false positives (casual uses of the word "hate" for example), striking a responsible balance between machine learning and human curation on a very sensitive subject.
The Grad barrage on Thursday, for example, struck an area without any visible military infrastructure or signs of military activity, beyond a roadblock with a lone rebel holding an aged rifle.
Charities must be clear about how trading contributes to their core charitable mission and the best examples strike a balance between making money and meeting a charitable need.
That Beethoven should have overcome the natural evil of his deafness to write the music he did, for example, strikes us as an amazing good — one far greater than what would have been accomplished had Beethoven written the same music (assuming that to have been possible) with good hearing.
