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Meanings of strike twice in English

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Usage of strike twice in English
1
Lightning, even lightning of folly, does not strike twice in the same place.
The Purchase Price; Or, The Cause of Compromise
2
Sam, like lightning, did not strike twice in the same place.
The Little Nugget
3
Lightning does not strike twice in the same European Championship place.
The Irish Times
4
Who was Ethan to say a miracle couldn't strike twice?
Second glance
5
Celtic manager Neil Lennon believes Scottish lightning could strike twice.
Reuters
6
So I have full faith that lightning may strike twice.
Wired
7
IF professional opinion is to be believed, lightning will not strike twice at Ascot today.
The Irish Times
8
Given his final round meltdown at the US Masters, here's hoping lightening doesn't strike twice.
The Irish Times
9
With Frankel, he found out that lightning really can strike twice in the same place.
Reuters
10
In that case, I shall strike twice rapidly, thus.
An Enemy to the King / From the Recently Discovered Memoirs of t...
11
Rub your eyes you go right back to screaming, and magic may not strike twice.
True blue
12
Jetstar workers went on strike twice in December.
News.com.au
13
Luck doesn't strike twice in the same place and you can't count on losing two husbands.
The Melting of Molly
14
He had, indeed, seldom occasion to strike twice.
Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay. Volume 1
15
Would this new and previously unseen form of BSOD strike twice at the very heart of CES?
Wired
16
Then Percival realized that it was quite possible for lightning to strike twice in the same place.
The Honorable Percival
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