aim
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Manchester United are targeting a move for 24-year-old Everton and England defender Jarrad Branthwaite as they aim to make big changes to their defence.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026
If they can do that, why not aim to be the best team in the nation?
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2026
That entails “rage and fury, devoid of hope, of any vision of the future, with the sole aim of shattering the social contract itself.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
Equitable-distribution states divide assets equitably, but not necessarily 50/50, while community-property states aim to divide marital property 50/50.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026
They returned them with frightening power and devastating aim.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
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Pleasant River Lumber Company is producing 110 million board feet of softwood lumber per year at its main sawmill in Enfield and aims to expand production.
From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2026
It aims to launch the first of 288 planned satellites in December and become operational by early 2028.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026
Simonsen, whose firm aims to detect microplastic pollution from drone images, then passed on some of her samples to the Danish Environment Protection Agency.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
MeRT, in contrast, aims to provide a more targeted solution, comparable to identifying and replacing the damaged shingles responsible for the problem.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026
She cups her big mouth and aims it skyward.
From "All The Bright Places" by Jennifer Niven
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It was all aimed at reducing the influence of the established authorities.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026
The chancellor will also pledge millions of pounds in spending across a range of initiatives aimed at shoring up the UK's ability to respond to evolving cyber, biological and AI-enabled threats.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
It also announced a new medium-term wage target aimed at closing the gap with other advanced economies and locking in the gains made so far.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
L'Oreal has largely been able to avoid the troubles that luxury groups have faced thanks to its products aimed at the mass market and professionals.
From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026
She interrupts me a lot, sometimes asking me to repeat something I said, and sometimes it’s with another question aimed at clarifying how and why certain things happened.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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Telecom stocks are tumbling on news that SpaceX is aiming to secure 80,000 cell sites across the US, raising the specter of fierce competition between the industry’s big three and Starlink Mobile.
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026
DeepSeek is accelerating its IPO timeline, aiming for a Shanghai listing early next year, according to people familiar with the matter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
But I want to be precise about what is actually scandalous here, because everyone keeps aiming at the wrong target.
From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026
It’s aiming for 2.5 to 3 gigawatts by the end of this year before capacity ramps dramatically from there.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026
I grab a bat and look out over the field, aiming my sights.
From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina
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