direct hit
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“After a direct hit, the concrete structure of the underground center collapsed,” said Mykhailo Semikin, the governor of Zaporizhzhia region.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026
Brook took a sharp catch at mid-wicket to remove Pathum Nissanka for 36, Rashid was alert enough to run out Charith Asalanka and Dawson's direct hit was the coup de grace.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
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
While New Zealand were gifted the wicket of Duckett via Gay's poor call and Smith's direct hit, the rest came through the relentlessness of the tourists' four seamers.
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026
He hadn’t wanted to score a bull’s-eye at all, certainly not a direct hit on an uncomfortable truth.
From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke
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