direct hit
Example Sentences
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It is the most direct hit between the two companies fighting for control of the nearly $80 billion weight-loss drug market.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
Taiwan itself did not receive a direct hit but thousands of people were forced to leave their homes and there was a danger of landslides after heavy rain.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
But Ivan Verbytskyi, Ukraine’s First Deputy Minister of Culture, told us Monday that all evidence points to “a direct hit by a drone on the cathedral.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026
Disruption to energy supplies persisted as Kuwait reported a fire at its Mina Al-Ahmadi refinery, a day after a direct hit on Qatar's vital Ras Laffan facility.
From Barron's ● Mar. 20, 2026
“Mom, its built by the army. It’ll withstand a direct hit by a twenty-megaton bomb.”
From "Tangerine" by Edward Bloor
