We also might tell the person that three strikes and you are out.

VOA: special.2009.04.12

And lightning strikes again and the lights go out.

突然一道闪电打下来，灯全都灭了。

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Despite a string of attacks early Sunday,mainly in Baghdad, insurgents were not able to carry out the massive strikes they had threatened.

VOA: standard.2010.03.08

Pakistani media broadcast footage of thousands of people walking out of the Lower Dir region, fleeing helicopter gunship attacks and artillery strikes against Taliban militants accused of attacking security forces.

VOA: standard.2009.04.27

He smiles at the television cameras, sticks out his tongue with antic poses and hand gestures, strikes his "lightning bolt" pose, and tells reporters that he is on his way "to being a legend."

VOA: standard.2009.08.21