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aim

[aym] / eɪm /




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All England can do now is aim for 68 points, and hope.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

That entails “rage and fury, devoid of hope, of any vision of the future, with the sole aim of shattering the social contract itself.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Equitable-distribution states divide assets equitably, but not necessarily 50/50, while community-property states aim to divide marital property 50/50.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026

Mission scientists aim to reach the bottom of the yardang formations sometime in 2027.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2026

For me, becoming isn’t about arriving somewhere or achieving a certain aim.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

Eventually, the company aims to improve dogs’ sense of smell, speed and agility.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

MeRT, in contrast, aims to provide a more targeted solution, comparable to identifying and replacing the damaged shingles responsible for the problem.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

CourtRobe aims to provide support to women who need it and who are looking to find confidence at an incredibly difficult time.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

But those creative liberties merely accentuate Pawlikowski’s narrative and thematic aims, which, as in “Ida” and “Cold War” include pairing an intimate story with the larger rumblings of postwar Europe.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

It was when he was listening to a confused account of the missionary aims of the Swedish lady that one of the Wagon Lit conductors came into the car and stood at his elbow.

From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie

Another challenge also looms: federal regulations aimed at protecting endangered North Atlantic right whales, which migrate along the East Coast and risk entanglement in the vertical lines from lobster traps to surface buoys.

From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026

Rengo announced a new medium-term wage target aimed at closing the pay gap with other advanced economies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

It did not say who launched the drone aimed at Shaybah oil field near the UAE border.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

Top officials from Russia, Ukraine and the US have held several rounds of talks aimed at ending the war that began in February 2022 when Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

She interrupts me a lot, sometimes asking me to repeat something I said, and sometimes it’s with another question aimed at clarifying how and why certain things happened.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

A project is aiming to help restore one of the UK's rare native trees across the Thames Valley using DNA testing.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

Telecom stocks are tumbling on news that SpaceX is aiming to secure 80,000 cell sites across the US, raising the specter of fierce competition between the industry’s big three and Starlink Mobile.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

DeepSeek is accelerating its IPO timeline, aiming for a Shanghai listing early next year, according to people familiar with the matter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

But I want to be precise about what is actually scandalous here, because everyone keeps aiming at the wrong target.

From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026

So he put his hands beside his mouth and shouted again, aiming down the hill.

From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien


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