hit list

Example Sentences

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Next on the U.S. hit list is Delcy Rodríguez, Mr. Maduro’s second in command.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 4, 2026

Tips have flooded social media: everything from signing up with a parent's email and moving to platforms not explicitly named on the government's hit list, to using VPNs, which can disguise a user's location.

From BBC • Dec. 6, 2025

Tuesday’s event came just days after The Times detailed a secret North Korean cyber hit list, targeting former U.S. intelligence officials, media executives and national security scholars.

From Washington Times • Jun. 6, 2023

Also on the hit list were Mr. Déby’s chief of staff, a minister of state and the chief of the presidential guard, he added.

From New York Times • Mar. 19, 2023

But right now, I needed to talk to Aech, to warn him that he was next on the Sixers’ hit list.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline