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aim

[eym] / eɪm /




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The transit hub will aim to connect the city center to a biking and hiking trail along a 60-mile stretch of the lakefront.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

Ideally, clubs aim to work at least one window ahead, with one senior Premier League recruitment executive insisting anything else is "reactionary".

From BBC Aug. 3, 2026

Diamondback had already boosted its production guidance, saying in May that it would aim to produce more than 520,000 barrels of oil a day this year as a response to the oil volatility.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 3, 2026

It’s the start of a season the Rams aim to end with a Super Bowl victory at SoFi Stadium.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 2, 2026

So instead of just one backboard to aim for, there was an ocean of hundreds of them in front of me.

From "The Million Dollar Shot" by Dan Gutman

Neros says it is currently making 1,400 Archers a week and aims to produce one million drones annually out of its facility in Torrance, Calif., by 2028.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

Epstein said Revaire aims to be the “middle between that $1,000 first class seat and a $10,000 an hour charter.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

She now aims to improve everyday life for her siblings and find a way for her sister, who is nearly 13, to get a medical evacuation from Gaza.

From BBC Aug. 3, 2026

The record aims to challenge preconceived notions about what R&B and pop are supposed to sound like.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 2, 2026

He shakes a can, holds it away from his face, and aims, spraying the paint back and forth.

From "The House That Lou Built" by Mae Respicio

The governor declared a state of emergency in the first days of the disaster, sending thousands of N95 masks and air purifiers to Boyle Heights aimed at helping residents impacted by the unhealthy conditions.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 4, 2026

Hamas has agreed to a U.S.-backed plan aimed at disarming the group and securing Israel’s withdrawal from Gaza.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

He said the talks are aimed at opening the strait and moving toward a “more normalized position.”

From MarketWatch Aug. 4, 2026

Treatments aimed at this pathway could potentially slow or prevent the progression of ALS, Huntington's disease, and other brain disorders associated with aging.

From Science Daily Aug. 3, 2026

He walked around the screen, studying the tear as I aimed the phone’s camera lens around the clearing.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia

Every day, specialists are working on models aiming to explain solar activity, allowing them "to put the Sun back into context within its evolutionary timeline, from its birth to its death," he added.

From Barron's Aug. 5, 2026

NASA's Artemis program is aiming for crewed missions to the moon's south polar region in 2028, where permanently shadowed craters may contain valuable deposits of water ice.

From Science Daily Aug. 3, 2026

A pioneering Aberystwyth University research project will track sheepdogs via GPS, aiming is to understand how common the disease is in mid Wales.

From BBC Aug. 2, 2026

Six weeks earlier, Brown had raided the federal armory at Harpers Ferry, in what was then Virginia, aiming to foment a slave insurrection.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

I fling my rope, aiming to lasso the tip of its nose.

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu




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