aim
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Israel's aim is to go better than their national team has managed in more than 50 years.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
Nandy has also taken aim at "incredibly slow" progress with enforcement of the Online Safety Act, the government's flagship law to tackle online abuse, as she called for regulator Ofcom to move faster.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk and Anthropic struck a partnership deal to deploy the Claude AI model with the aim of accelerating the development of new medicines.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
The city will aim to make research and development account for three percent of gross domestic product after 2030, up from 1.63 percent in 2024, according to an official document.
From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026
You couldn't aim yourself very well and sometimes you rolled into the coffee table by mistake and whacked your nose.
From "All About Sam" by Lois Lowry
The KehatiKu project aims to break that cycle by paying individuals in nine participating villages in West Kalimantan province for photos or recordings of animals instead.
From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026
In chaining many weaker chips together, it aims to mimic cutting-edge models.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
Nestle and Sutherland examine the nutrition claims on cereal boxes to show how the aims of marketers and those of the Food and Drug Administration—which are often in competition—influence what consumers see.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
It aims to keep inflation at a target rate of 2%.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
At least he aims for the trash, but it lands on the floor.
From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera
Ehrlich’s antisyphilis drug Salvarsan, followed by the antibacterial Prontosil, showed that systematic chemical screening could yield medicines aimed at specific diseases.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Healey's meeting in Dublin comes after it emerged earlier this week that he is in discussions about joining a global investment bank aimed at raising more money for defence spending.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
On top of that, further rate hikes aimed at taming inflation also risk slowing down the economy.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
Amnesty urged the UN General Assembly to "create an international criminal justice mechanism aimed at prosecuting those most implicated".
From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026
He aimed for the inside railing, figuring the tighter the circle he ran, the faster he’d complete his lap.
From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein
Cardoso said he obsessively tweaked dishes daily, aiming to find finishing touches that could separate Skywalker Grill as a museum restaurant and allow it to stand as a destination of its own.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
Saudi Arabia is aiming to restore half the capacity of its East-West pipeline within days, according to a source cited in a Bloomberg report.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
Kate has been aiming to stay alive long enough for her youngest to finish school.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
That sentiment is part of what Villegas is aiming to target as he meets voters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
They leaped into the darkness, aiming for the doorway far, far below.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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