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Jet planes and bird strikes

I was reading an article about a United Airlines jet today, that had an engine flame out after ingesting a bird while taking off from O'hare. Shouldn't those engines be designed by now so that a bird strike won't really affect them?

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/united-airlines-flight-emergency-bird-strike-plane-chicago-ohare-airport/
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LunarOrbit · 56-60, M
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