target
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Rangers had just over 46% possession during the 120 minutes in the Czech Republic, and just one shot on target.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
The two-year advisory deal with Space-Eyes gives Eric Trump a stake poised to be worth around $12 million, based on the target price of the company’s planned public listing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
The campaign has raised more than $9,000 of its $50,000 target as of Thursday morning.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
To end this evasion, lawmakers must target the two main advantages shell companies enjoy: their complex structure and their tax exemption.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026
They reached the target, everybody dropped their bombs, and the squadron soared around to fly home, still in tight formation after Zhenya.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
But with Puka Nacua and Davante Adams getting the majority of targets, Atwell caught only six passes for 192 yards, 88 coming on a winning touchdown pass play against the Indianapolis Colts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
Savings targets were announced in June, with planned cuts across news, nations and content divisions to deliver £160m of £500m in savings by the 2028-29 financial year.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
Here’s the list, sorted by 12-month upside potential implied by the analysts’ consensus price targets:
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
The FDA approved Revolution Medicines’ drug Rasonque, a milestone therapy that targets a mutation in pancreatic cancer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
Too bold; better to start on the periphery and work my way in toward my final objective, gathering intel, studying the secondary targets in order to acquire data about the main objective.
From "Liar, Liar" by Gary Paulsen
Section 301 allows a president to tariff as a targeted economic diplomacy measure to induce a foreign government to abandon a particular practice.
From Slate ● Aug. 27, 2026
The firm has denied allegations that its apps deliberately targeted teenagers with addictive products features.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
They are heavily targeted by poachers and are considered the most highly trafficked mammals in the world, leaving many species at serious risk of extinction.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026
Canada also targeted the agriculture, electronics and transportation equipment industries with its tariffs announced Tuesday, all of which have a presence in California.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
Large albums with photos and lists of the items he targeted for his museum were assembled.
From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys
Billions of dollars are flowing into therapies targeting age-related diseases specifically.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
The next afternoon she was on a bus heading for Nashville, targeting a career in country music.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
It's all very well targeting wide players such as Bradley Barcola and Yankuba Minteh, but what about when teams are running straight through the heart of Liverpool's team?
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
CHICAGO—In 2022, the city of Chicago hit a milestone it had been targeting for seven years: It lifted a key credit rating out of junk status.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
“It’s your fault Red is targeting Liz. If you’d left her alone like I asked, he would have forgotten all about her by now.”
From "The Lions of Little Rock" by Kristin Levine
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