bull's-eye
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I missed my target entirely, stabbing the hunk of hay more than a foot away from the bull’s-eye.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026
Griswold also painted a bull’s-eye on Detroit’s carmakers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 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
A furious 1987 Donald Moffett poster, dedicated to Gay Men’s Health Crisis Director Diego Lopez, juxtaposes the AIDS-indifferent Hollywood president, smirking vapidly above the phrase, “He kills me,” next to a screaming orange bull’s-eye.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2025
The next thing I know, I’m sitting on a chair at the front of the room with my mouth open and a white paper reinforcement perched like a bull’s-eye on the tip of my tongue.
From "Liar & Spy" by Rebecca Stead
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
Headboards were fashioned like George Nelson’s Marshmallow sofa; braided rugs were made to look like Kenneth Noland bull’s-eyes; needlepoint pillows might be giant playing cards.
From New York Times ● Jul. 16, 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
