That means it is easier for planes with only two engines to strike a flock of birds and lose power in both engines.

VOA: special.2009.04.01

The National Farm Workers Association became nationally known when it supported a strike against grape growers.

VOA: special.2009.09.06

It was put in place to help protect the space shuttle from bird strike damage.

VOA: special.2009.04.01

It was the longest strike and boycott in United States labor history.

VOA: special.2009.09.06

To another,it comes as the blow of a crushing strike.

VOA: special.2009.10.31

If he misses, it is called a strike.

VOA: special.2009.04.12

But Israel has warned time and again that if diplomacy fails, it might launch a pre-emptive strike on Iran's nuclear facilities.

VOA: standard.2009.12.28

He says first,it was a strike against the local authorities, who militants see as being too loyal to Moscow.

VOA: standard.2010.07.21

Unions have called for a nationwide strike in September, against plans to make it easier for companies to hire and fire workers.

VOA: standard.2010.06.24

It was the third such strike in North Waziristan within the past week.

VOA: standard.2009.09.14

Do you know that? We saw her on Monday,". "We asked her to stop it and she said she will think it over, but last night she stopped her hunger strike.

VOA: standard.2009.05.06

In the past year, the United States says it helped the Kenyan army develop a Ranger Strike Force, an elite counter-terrorism unit capable of conducting operations against infiltrators and armed groups.

VOA: standard.2009.05.01