bull's-eye
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Another round later and it landed smack on the paper target, just above my bull’s-eye.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026
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
He tossed another dagger, missing the bull’s-eye again.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
The Nuggets entered these playoffs with bull’s-eyes on their backs but supremely confident of their chances to repeat after tying a franchise record with 57 regular season wins, four more than last year.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 20, 2024
In “Inside the Episode,” behind-the-scenes segments that air immediately after each episode, Benioff and Weiss often address the very moments that have become bull’s-eyes for controversy.
From Washington Post ● May 15, 2019
When the beam bull’s-eyes it, the collision triggers the fusion processes that happen inside stars, when small atoms join to build larger ones.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 11, 2017
The identical houses in which the airmen dwell are occasionally filmed from above, as if they, too, were potential bull’s-eyes.
From The New Yorker ● May 11, 2015
Next to the steakhouse is a shooting gallery, where the fake guns have such poor aim that no one can hit the little bull’s-eyes attached to plastic cactuses, wild-eyed cowboy cutouts, and stuffed, patchy-haired bobcats.
From "Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus" by Dusti Bowling
