target
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As a basher and target of the tokey-wokey, I want to note that she has the numerology wrong.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
This week saw a surprise target, though: Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
From Slate ● Aug. 23, 2026
"They, then sadly, have become the target for a small minority of people."
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
The minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee’s most recent meeting showed growing support for raising the target range for the federal-funds rate.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026
Their orders were to retrieve the target unharmed, if possible.
From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown
This vaccine is different: A surgeon removes the tumor and sends it to a lab, where its mutations are sequenced and an algorithm identifies the targets for a personalized mRNA vaccine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
Obtaining these answers could lead to new treatment targets.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026
The cells then alert the immune system to attack cancer cells carrying the pre-defined targets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
Those immune targets included common viruses and bacteria, along with targets connected to autoimmune diseases.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026
Kissinger defended the attacks, pointing out that American planes were targeting military and industrial targets.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
Ciara, another community worker, responded to a call from four Sudanese women fearing that their home would be targeted.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
The sixth-round draft pick, who played at Liberty, Louisiana State and Miami, was targeted 12 times in the first half.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026
Against the Chiefs, he was targeted five times and had two catches for 18 yards.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
The line between targeted personalization and regulatory risk is shrinking for brand strategists.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
Both jungles and rice fields suspected of being used by the Viet Cong were targeted.
From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge
Canada in retaliation said it would match US tariffs, with new levies notably targeting the US steel and dairy industries to take effect on September 8.
From Barron's ● Aug. 23, 2026
The result raises the possibility that future drugs targeting Nell2 could help people with APOE4 who face an elevated risk of Alzheimer's disease.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026
Private credit firms are increasingly targeting British defined-benefit pension plans, which hold over $1.35 trillion in unoffloaded liabilities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
"But this is a lever that is sort of unexplored insofar as targeting anything touching the US dollar that is also touching Iran," Parker added.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
But we are warned that “unions have been targeting Wal-Mart for years. ”
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
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