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
And any sense of a prolonged fight was extinguished in the fourth over of the day, when Emilio Gay departed and, crucially, Joe Root was run out by an extraordinary direct hit from Henry Nicholls.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 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
Saini says his university did see a slight dip in international admissions after 2023, driven both by tighter visa rules and diplomatic tensions - but calls it "collateral damage" rather than a direct hit.
From BBC ● Apr. 14, 2026
“You need to pack up. That hurricane’s getting nasty. It looks like it might be a direct hit on the city. We’re leaving town.”
From "I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005" by Lauren Tarshis
