strike (someone) as
idiom
: to cause (someone) to think about someone or something in a particular way
It strikes me as peculiar that she left without a word.
Her comment struck me as odd.
She strikes us as a very qualified candidate.
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Even ahead of peak season, both railroads already have been negatively impacted by the potential of a strike as shippers reroute vessels away from the British Columbia ports.
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Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 7 Aug. 2024
Instead, Kim views the strike as the beginning of a larger effort to disarm him and as a prelude to regime change.
—Robert Jervis, Foreign Affairs, 5 Apr. 2018
In the second scenario, Assad sees the strike as a signal that the United States doesn’t much care about his regime’s use of chemical weapons.
—Dianne Pfundstein Chamberlain, Foreign Affairs, 14 Apr. 2017
Essentially this move will provide the company with a continual production of Super Duty vehicles in the event of a future labor strike as well, since Unifor and UAW are separate unions operating under separate labor contracts.
—Olivia Evans, The Courier-Journal, 18 July 2024
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Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 7 Aug. 2024
Instead, Kim views the strike as the beginning of a larger effort to disarm him and as a prelude to regime change.
—Robert Jervis, Foreign Affairs, 5 Apr. 2018
In the second scenario, Assad sees the strike as a signal that the United States doesn’t much care about his regime’s use of chemical weapons.
—Dianne Pfundstein Chamberlain, Foreign Affairs, 14 Apr. 2017
Essentially this move will provide the company with a continual production of Super Duty vehicles in the event of a future labor strike as well, since Unifor and UAW are separate unions operating under separate labor contracts.
—Olivia Evans, The Courier-Journal, 18 July 2024
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