bull's-eye
Example Sentences
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Its red bull’s-eye symbol adorns Target Field, the Target Center arena and the downtown Target Plaza complex that houses the retailer’s headquarters.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 13, 2026
“I think us being hunted or having a bull’s-eye, when you put on this uniform, that’s just the way it is.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2025
A column of smoke from the fire this weekend targeted New York City with bull’s-eye precision, prompting air-pollution warnings for sensitive groups.
From Slate • Nov. 12, 2024
With the help of a local sign painter, she spent three days creating enormous spatial illusions: bold diagonals, circles, arrows, letters and blocks of bull’s-eye colors.
From New York Times • May 8, 2024
“Look,” she whispered, leaning toward the vanity, and Mia saw, in the little mirror, an iron-colored bull’s-eye slowly appearing.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
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