target
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Speaking last year, Morgan said: "If you asked a 25-year-old target market consumer in America, would they know Au? Probably not yet," he said.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
The bank retains its sell rating on the stock and lifts its target price to 115 euros from 101 euros.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Hodulik rates SpaceX’s stock a buy with a $210 price target.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026
"It looks really promising that we can use this drug, which is already on the market, to target BDNF," Cox said.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026
In my head, I see a dart fly through the air and hit one of those red and white target boards dead center.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
The point here, though, is that none of those 13,000 targets have had anything to do with Iran’s nuclear program.
From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2026
Producers are hanging their hopes on utilities, which just got permission to count green hydrogen they burn toward renewable energy targets.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
Japan international Suzuki has been one of Villa's top targets should Martinez leave this summer and the deal, reportedly for around £30m, is progressing.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
That weakness led Iran to focus on the ballistic missile program it has used to pound U.S. bases and targets across the Gulf.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
The position of German forces, how many planes they’ve got at different airfields, targets they plan to hit, that sort of thing.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
It also has successfully targeted U.S. bases and retains enough firepower to threaten ships and Gulf energy infrastructure.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
The impersonation was targeted at her personal phone, not government phone, but recipients included US senators, governors and top business executives.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
Section 301 has also opened the door to new country-specific tariffs targeted at Brazil, at 25%, while Section 338 was cited to slap an extra 50% import tax on certain Canadian goods.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
He then sent out the names of the districts being targeted, quietly lamenting a few typos.
From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026
The risk that African Americans would be unfairly targeted should have been of special concern to the U.S.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
"From a clinical standpoint, targeting energy density offers a realistic strategy for weight loss," Dr. Kahleova said.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026
GM is targeting aspects of Ford’s electric-vehicle battery strategy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
Islamist militant groups operating from neighbouring Nigeria, Mali and Burkina Faso have plagued Niger for years, targeting both civilians and the military.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Los Angeles is known for outlandish schemes targeting the rich.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
He was blinking hard now, like he could barely see, and I realized he was targeting by the sound of my voice.
From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan
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