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The US aim was to force Iran to negotiate and to stop its attacks on shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
In May, Coinbase announced layoffs with the aim of having no more than five management levels below its leadership team.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
The three partners founded Hugging Face in New York, where Delangue was already living, with the aim of building a conversational AI interface -- a sort of forerunner of ChatGPT -- aimed primarily at teenagers.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
You don’t want your precious donations to be swallowed up by administrative fees. Guidestar.org, Charitynavigator.org and Give.org, which is affiliated with the Better Business Bureau, all aim to help donors give wisely.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026
So instead of just one backboard to aim for, there was an ocean of hundreds of them in front of me.
From "The Million Dollar Shot" by Dan Gutman
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Mumpfield aims to take another step in his second season.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
What it aims for is to make self-care fun.
From Slate ● Sep. 6, 2026
The Equal Earth map aims to address this problem with the Mercator projection.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
A new bill aims to secure U.S. supply chains and elevate the Commerce Department to lead national quantum policy.
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
Rather than assisting in our stated goals—productivity, creativity, long-term thought—the tools can undermine those crucial aims.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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Even so, the researchers say the compound could serve as a promising candidate bio-ingredient for the food and healthcare industries as they explore new functional products aimed at muscle fat metabolism.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 5, 2026
Windrose burst onto the electric trucking scene in the past few years, saying it had raised about $400 million to develop a fleet of cutting-edge, battery-electric trucks aimed at challenging Tesla’s new heavy-duty Semi.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
These will form a strategy to be unveiled by the end of 2026 aimed at bringing the UK closer into line with European countries in terms of emergency preparedness.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
Bakewell’s donations weren’t the only ones to pose issues for Brotherhood Crusade, which provides an array of services aimed at keeping kids from joining gangs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
Jasmine's booger-removal warning was aimed at her stuffy-nosed best friend, Terrence Jumper.
From "Look Both Ways" by Jason Reynolds
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JLR is aiming to reduce its break-evens to 300,000 vehicles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
Paris St-Germain are aiming to win the title for the third year running as the league phase begins on Tuesday.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
Humphries was aiming to win the Czech Open for a fourth time and third occasion on the trot.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
Soon, local men were standing guard in shifts at the two entrances into town, aiming their weapons at trucks laden with freshly picked avocados and cars packed with farmhands as they demanded identity documents.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
He announces to everyone he’s aiming for the Department of Spies and Secrets.
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
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