direct hit
Example Sentences
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He left the field, followed by Iyer, run out by Harry Brook's direct hit, and KL Rahul, who chopped on off Tongue.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 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
The sanctuary of the Lavra’s Assumption Cathedral sustained a direct hit.
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
“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
