direct hit
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Thus the kill-switch lanyard on riders’ wrists, to stop the machine if they lose control, or if somebody scores a direct hit with a beer can.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
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
Taiwan itself did not receive a direct hit but thousands of people were forced to leave their homes and there was a danger of landslides after heavy rain.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 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
A direct hit turned the tide of the battle and ensured that Maçao remained a Portuguese colony.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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