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: a junior enlisted man in the U.S. Navy who has declared an occupational specialty
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: a forward in soccer
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As a member of the Los Angeles Galaxy and Chicago Fire, Campos would start games as the goalkeeper and finish as a striker.
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Anthony Solorzano, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2025
New York and New Jersey are the only states currently offering jobless benefits to strikers, each after two weeks out of work, as the Connecticut bill would offer.
—Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 31 May 2025
Enrique insisted that the team would get better in the French striker’s absence.
—Jamie Barton, CNN Money, 31 May 2025
On the way: Delap chooses Stamford Bridge Fernandes’ huge Saudi offer
TAA’s £8m early release
How Qatar won football
Delap decides: Ipswich striker tells clubs he is set on Chelsea move
A career in its infancy?
—Phil Hay, New York Times, 30 May 2025
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Anthony Solorzano, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2025
New York and New Jersey are the only states currently offering jobless benefits to strikers, each after two weeks out of work, as the Connecticut bill would offer.
—Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 31 May 2025
Enrique insisted that the team would get better in the French striker’s absence.
—Jamie Barton, CNN Money, 31 May 2025
On the way: Delap chooses Stamford Bridge Fernandes’ huge Saudi offer
TAA’s £8m early release
How Qatar won football
Delap decides: Ipswich striker tells clubs he is set on Chelsea move
A career in its infancy?
—Phil Hay, New York Times, 30 May 2025
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“Striker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/striker. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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striker
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strik·er
ˈstrī-kər 
: a worker on strike
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