target
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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
Daiwa raises NetEase’s target price to 260.00 Hong Kong dollars from HK$257.00.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 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
They thought nearby Baltimore, with its fortified harbor and busy port, was the more likely target.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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The vaccine analyzes a patient’s tumor, selects up to 34 mutations as targets and trains the immune system to recognize them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
In melanoma, the abundance of mutations gives the vaccine more targets to work with, while the tumor’s relative sensitivity to immunotherapy gives those targets a better chance of producing an immune response.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
Those immune targets included common viruses and bacteria, along with targets connected to autoimmune diseases.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026
In March, postal workers from across the UK told the BBC they were being asked to move or hide mail from senior bosses so it looks like delivery targets were being met.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
Then as now, air raids sometimes hit unintended targets.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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It added that bills were unaffordable for millions and a "better targeted and more agile" support scheme was needed.
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
“While U.A.E.’s energy infrastructure was not targeted, it closes another potential avenue for diplomatic efforts to end the conflict and reopen the Strait of Hormuz,” the analysts say in a research report.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
The man whose house was targeted was a political activist.
From "Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World" by Malala Yousafzai
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"Even if one judge were to die, we are easily replaceable, so there is really no value in targeting us," she said after the Russian announcement.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
Treasury yields ended the week higher, even after the Treasury Department said it will double to $4 billion the size of each buyback operation targeting long-dated bonds, starting next month.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
After imaging the site, the Danuri mission provided the crater coordinates to NASA's LRO team, helping researchers improve the targeting of their own observations.
From Science Daily ● 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
The Russians were targeting German ground troops nearby.
From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys
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