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Its tactics seem to have been copied from America, which in 2006 struck at online-gambling firms by threatening the banks that they used.

We wondered why she had not struck at the moment of the French collapse.

I struck at him on his head.

He was still so young at that point (21) that I even think he might have been a little awe-struck at everything.

Had lightning struck at my feet, I would not have been more appalled than by what I read.

And a black monster is lying in the yard, and it struck at me with a wooden club.

and what light we had, seemed to come more from the river than the sky, as the oars in their dipping struck at a few reflected stars.

Before Wen Xiang could finish, a streak of firelight suddenly struck at him from the darkness ahead.

He remembered a particularly bad pATch struck AT the beginning of his career.

The jihadists had been unable to overthrow this state, but we remember how they struck at American targets instead.

Now you look only at the loss; then you shall see how it struck at the evil that had begun to rivet its fetters upon you.

The blanks then are fed into presses fitted with specially polished dies and struck at least twice to ensure sharp, high relief.

He struck at me repeatedly with a stick.

A terror attack struck at the heart of Mumbai, the country's financial capital, in November.

The quake struck at a depth of about 30 kilometers. A tsunami warning has not been issued by the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center.

the cobra struck at him . thankfully it missed.

The scams struck at the heart of its brand.

Our big guns struck at the enemy's defence line.

The boy struck at his companion who jeered at him.

The warden struck at the prisoner with his whip, but it didn't fall on his body but on the wall.

The attack marked the first time since the war that North Korea struck at land-based targets.

Terrorists struck at the Sri Lanka cricket team in Lahore , leading other cricketing countries to cancel future engagements in Pakistan.

The men were on their way up the north tower of the centre, close to the 70th floor, when the first plane struck at 8. 47am.

A day earlier, hundreds reportedly struck at a Shenzhen company that makes underwear and lingerie.

Hearing that, he seized a stick and struck at me.

The man ~ed up a club and struck at me.

These coins were struck at the San Francisco Mint with special care (but without the "S" mintmark), giving them instant eye appeal.

Sinochem, sensing willing sellers, struck at a moment of weakness.

The enemy struck at dawn.

The stock-market crisis struck at the soft underbelly of the US economy, eg its trade deficit.

Struck in . 900 fine silver, this classic was specially struck at the San Francisco Mint specifically for the anniversary.

Yesterday's quake struck at 5. 16pm, less than 24 hours after another deadly quake off the South Pacific island of Samoa.

And if this "superflood" event struck at the worst possible place, it also struck at the worst possible time.

His error struck at the whole plan of a river development.

He struck at one with his knife lashed to the end of an oar and watched the scavenger sliding down into deep water.

The very thought was incredible and it struck at the very foundations of the security of Scarlett's life.

Since May 17, workers struck at three Chinese plants that make transmissions, exhausts and locks for Honda, the Japanese carmaker.

The quake struck at 14: 28 local time on Monday, when children were at school and many workers were in their offices and factories.

The mind twisting had struck at the core, ignoring peripheral things.

The goalie managed to save a shot struck at close range.

That was clearly the case when thieves struck at a modern art gallery in Cairo last week.

So by the time the tsunami struck at 3. 37 pm, "the plant was already on its way to melting down" , says the newspaper.

The government said one bomb struck at a rugby club, killing 49 people as they watched the match Sunday night on large-screen TVs.

In the days that followed, our nation was united as we struck at al Qaeda and routed the Taliban in Afghanistan.

A car and a bus struck at the intersection.

The quake struck at 2: 46 p. m. local time 130 kilometers off the coast of Sendai, north of Tokyo, at a depth of 24 kilometers.

In the past al Qaeda-linked militants based in Pakistan have struck at Shiite targets.

The quake struck at 12: 51 pm (2351 GMT Monday), five kilometers (three miles) from Christchurch at a depth of just four kilometers.

Even if a deal is somehow struck at Copenhagen, it will involve promised reductions of CO2 emissions that seem literally incredible.

The clock struck at twelve o'clock sharp.

The man struck at the policeman.

This is the second time "the Kate effect" has struck at Reiss.

The army struck at dawn.

The quake, which struck at 7: 49 a. m. in Qinghai Province, had a magnitude of 7. 1 according to China's earthquake administration.

What is believed to be a Norwalk-type virus has struck at least 100 people on the campus and in the surrounding town of Sackville.

A few days later, disaster struck at Fukushima in Japan.

Both were away from their homes when the quake struck at 2. 28pm on 12 May 2008.

Top Spin - the spin placed on the white when struck at the top