target
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As adults, they use both flight and vision to search for a suitable host, most often deer, though they sometimes target humans and other mammals.
From Science Daily • Jun. 2, 2026
He also denied that there was a military target in the vicinity.
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026
A poorly received OpenAI IPO could easily force Anthropic to cut its target price or delay the offering—a scenario that’s happened repeatedly in the past with new tech listings.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026
Fairbanks’ new target is based on a multiple of 10 times her forecast for Micron’s adjusted fiscal 2027 earnings.
From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026
In their combat missions, the open-cockpit Po-2 biplanes flew toward that night’s harassment target one by one, each three minutes behind the next.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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