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Appendix:Snowclones/the X strikes back

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Etymology edit

Originated with the 1980 film The Empire Strikes Back.

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the X strikes back

  1. (snowclone) X returns after being defeated.
    • 1991, C. J. Cherryh, The Kif Strike Back, Penguin, →ISBN:
    • 2015, Kevin Carroll, 1862: the Confederates Strike Back, iUniverse, →ISBN:
    • 2022 March 31, Bohdan Kucheriavyi, “Alibaba: Beijing Strikes Back”, in Seeking Alpha‎[1]:
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