| 单词 | target |
| 例句 | It was one thing for him to be a target of the Taliban. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z As they expected, the bombardments drove positrons from the target foils. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The organ was my target as soon as I saw the cathedral. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Two jets swept by and started hitting a target less than five miles away. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z They flew in formation, fired at targets pulled by tow planes, simulated combat runs, and dive- bombed. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z “Good. See all that anger that’s fueling the hate? Take it and aim it at the right target.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z I inhale and brace myself, exhale and fire, and the bullet goes right where I meant to put it: in the red circle, in the center of the target. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z In 1940, Hitler’s sights were firmly set on conquering Europe, but Roosevelt was concerned that South America might be a future target. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Many of these lads felt like targets of a new hunt for oddballs—suspects in a bizarre, systematic search for the strange and the alienated. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But as the lights and sounds of distant bombardment continued and no bombs fell directly on us, it became clear that neighboring areas were the immediate targets of attack. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z The simple fact of the matter was that Anastasia had been scared and adrenaline had surged, and once the hunter was gone, Pweto had become her next target. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z I was increasingly becoming convinced that Herbert was facing execution because he had been an easy target. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z And then they heard their target squawking back to him. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Fear of being a target of irrational violence haunted me day and night. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z If he were never to be king, he might not be a target. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Using this information, it was his task to devise a strategy for flying the bomb over enemy territory, releasing it on target, and getting away before the massive blast killed everyone in the plane. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z But he had to continue his hunt for the target. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “Don’t puff up. It’s good. Means you’re less of a target.” Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z I learned how to shoot an automatic rifle and a pistol and took target practice both in Kolfe with the Emperor’s Guard, and at a shooting range about fifty miles away with the entire battalion. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He quickly grabbed his rifle and fired, expertly hitting his target. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z His target was the West German chancellor himself, Konrad Adenauer. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z And now with her gone and nobody else for the Crowns to target, I may not even be able to save myself. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Frankie knew our target, had been watching him for long enough to know the inside of his house, the inside of his bedchamber. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Somehow it had the ability to slip through the slush of five o’clock noises to reach its targets. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The actual operation of drug forfeiture laws seriously undermines the usual rhetoric offered in support of the War on Drugs, namely that it is the big “kingpins” that are the target of the war. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z And what it looked like was somebody trying to make a smaller target. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z By the end of the morning my paper target didn’t show much damage. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Because bomber pilots were more likely to target a cheerfully lit house than another smudge in the dark, every house was blacked out—every porch light dark, every window opaque. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z “In fact, I’m surprised they’ve kept it going so long. The Capitol will adjust by deactivating specific pods and then manually triggering them when their targets come in range.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The principal targets of physical or chemical mutagenic agents are cells that are undergoing especially active division. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Because African Americans and Latinos are targeted by police in the War on Drugs, it is far more likely that they will be arrested for minor, nonviolent crimes. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Each target got smaller the farther back it was placed, and because the room was so long, the final target was nearly seventy yards away. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z At other times spraying, while reasonably effective against the target insect, has let loose a whole Pandora’s box of destructive pests that had never previously been abundant enough to cause trouble. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z And just like that, the girl in the red coat and floppy hat was no longer a target. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z French composers of the melodramatic grand opera school -Jules Massenet and Charles Gounod, for example - were just as much a target for his often facetious pen. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z They made an easy target, gathered there together, and as long as the supply of arrows held out they were slaughtered without a chance to defend themselves. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Monsoon had said it would hit any target. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Remarkably effective, the boycott reduced sales between 15 and 20 percent for a total loss to the targeted businesses of around a million dollars. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z “I mean that I was discovered and brought to Jeanine, and she injected a version simulation serum that specifically targeted the Divergent. I was aware during that simulation, but it didn’t do much good.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z “One aircrew should bomb the target and the other ‘tackle’ enemy antiaircraft weapons.” A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z The goal of the game was for each team to hurl sticks at the opposing target and knock it down. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The Stability Research Division, where Dorothy Hoover worked, was a particular target, as Perl had been a member of the group before leaving for Cleveland. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Biased police practices are also nothing new, a recurring theme of African American experience since blacks were targeted by the police as suspected runaway slaves. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Several kinds of verbiage are perennial targets for the delete key. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z There are still mortal-borns around, but they hide their age and their history, for fear of being targeted again. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z He assumed that being a stellar student would make him a target. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z He was a phosphorescent target; he knew it, he felt it. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z When Con looked up to find his next target, he saw two wolves yanking Pol from his horse onto the ground, and the guard’s body disappeared beneath the pack. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Therefore, if any one of them went to the FBI, the Gestapo would know and target them and their families. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z Vemork was a vital target, Wilson explained, because it was the only plant in the world capable of producing large quantities of “heavy water.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Jake moved to stand over Miss Riley with a folded newspaper, but the angry bees had too many targets and gave up in confusion, retreating back up the mountain. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “It’s certainly a strange coincidence,” Mr. Eberhardt was saying, “two different kids targeting the same location. Is it possible the Matherson boy hooked up with your friend, Beatrice’s stepbrother—” “No way,” Roy interjected firmly. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z They were an unworthy target and they passed unmolested through the busiest trade routes of the True Sea, flying neutral Kerch colors. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Colonists in Jamestown taunted the Powhatan in 1607 with a target they believed impervious to an arrow shot. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z In other words, Lawrence’s targets were contaminated—his supposed great discovery the product of poor technique. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Neylan originally opposed Sproul’s version of the oath, on the curious grounds that it would simply encourage its targets—the radicals assumed to be swarming over the university—to commit perjury. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Tyler was a softer target: I begged and he gave me a silver coin as big as my palm. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “I was to be over the target in two minutes.” A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z With considerable effort he stooped over and selected a golf ball-sized weapon, straightened up, tiptoed a little closer, and then flung the rock at his target. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Vice President Andrew Johnson is an obvious target. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z In daylight, the Po-2 was an easy target for enemy fighter planes because it was so slow. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z The surrounding landscape grew covered with smoke, and it was even harder to find the way home than it had been to get to the target in the first place. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z She nudged the soggy, badly chewed target dummy toward the swordsman. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z It sucked being a target all the time. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z To shoot you kneel down, sight, and roll your marble at the target marble like a bowling ball. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I stare at the center of the target and try to let it swallow me. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Hit ’em with smoke and sonics, then go in while the targets were disoriented. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z The rest of the insects have targeted their enemies on the ground. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “Fine,” I say, and then show a target. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z I could slash and hit the target of my opponent. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Warbeak pecked and scratched frantically, her target obscured by the bulky haversack. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Did I leave Shoji to take my place on her target board? Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z His left and right fists took turns hitting their target while Wes tried to block the blows. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z They drew closer, lances leveled as if each gleaming point sought its own target. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z We must be moving closer to crucial targets, because the number of pods has noticeably increased. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z They scrambled into the cockpits, took off, and scattered in every direction in the air—turning the Po-2s into difficult targets. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “You’ll be making yourself the target of the most ignorant rabble in the country. If they ever caught you, they’d be sure to make an example of you.” Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “I have, but I could make you all a target if I come. People think they are defending themselves, standing up for their people, but it’s all out of fear,” he told me. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “What kind of terrorist takes out a school when school isn’t even in session? It’s not like we’re some kind of major military target or a church or—” Tad went completely still. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z One might expect that I, being at that time perfectly innocent of any crime against either Bunny or humanity, would not myself be a target of this ongoing sniper fire. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z It took a few casual steps and stopped to peck at the ground—a perfect target. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z She conceded a smile and hurled a knife into the target. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z It contained spinning wheels, moving targets, and racetracks that curved from the floor to the ceiling. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Without taking her eyes off the first target, Anya pulled an arrow out of her quiver, nocked it against the bowstring, and breathed deeply through her nose. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z They could be aimed to cover a target area and wasted anything within sixty meters in front of them. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “Right here,” he said, pointing to the target area. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z Besides, it might give me an opportunity to do some hunting that I don’t normally get to do: talk directly to one of my potential targets. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z By the time Tali came out to the stable yard to fetch their breakfast supplies, Kaede was sweating and famished, her right shoulder aching, and still the arrow had not struck the target. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z They were targets, so he could aim the radiation into the same area each day, but rotate between spots to avoid burning her skin too much in one place. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Often, between train rides, Enrique prefers to sleep alone in a tall clump of grass, away from other migrants, knowing it will make him less of a target. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z How could such a small target account for such a vast anger? The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z The parade of famous visitors spreading the farm’s renown made the place into a symbol of colored uplift—and a target. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The Luftwaffe aircraft swooped in low, bombing and gunning the easily targeted empty planes where they stood parked in rows on the Soviet airfields. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Like all guns, it has precision, guided by magnets and electric currents, and can accurately shoot a target three blocks away. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Jack knew the camp could be a target and they might be blown to bits. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z Since the election launched a wave of women having their scarves ripped off in public, some people in the community actually suggested hijabis shed the scarf, to be less obvious targets. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z They weren’t far off their daily target, but that was because they’d prepaid the hotel rooms. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z Then he examines where the bullet hit the target. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Newton’s God did not direct individual arrows to their targets; he established the laws that determined the flight of each and every arrow. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “Now your work’s done, I wouldn’t mind gettin’ a little more target practice. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z "They make such splendid targets. That one, he'll draw the eyes of every bowman on the field." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z When a conservative majority took power in Congress in 1994, legal aid to death row prisoners became a political target, and federal funding was quickly eliminated. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z I stand in front of the board, and my head doesn’t even reach the center of the target, but it doesn’t matter. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z The instructor breaks us into squads of eight and we attempt to carry out missions—gaining a position, destroying a target, searching a home—as if we were really fighting our way through the Capitol. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The older and sicker Edith became, the more she found herself a target of Walter's rage. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Ann Atwater spent the better part of the night creating decoy gatherings, drawing police attention away from sites she knew had been targeted for the torch. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z They targeted former slaves and any whites who supported the blacks’ rights to vote, acquire land, or gain an education. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Soon after Deane arrived in Paris, he was targeted by a flashy, quick-witted British agent. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z But somehow they made it into the air, flew to the assigned target, dropped their bombs, flew home, and landed safely. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z We’d done dry runs at the dockyards in New Jersey, using abandoned ships as our targets. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Once they were kept in containers marked with skull and crossbones; the infrequent occasions of their use were marked with utmost care that they should come in contact with the target and with nothing else. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z In the eerie light, I bring down monkey after monkey, targeting eyes and hearts and throats, so that each hit means a death. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z It was going to be tempting to hitch a ride, but he knew from experience what an easy target they would be from the air. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z As one of the bomber pilots was turning around to make another run over the target area, the rope pulling the glider snapped. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z I don’t take my eyes off my current target. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z If he threw the hammer at something, the hammer would never miss its target, and would always fly back through the air and return to his hand. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Like any affection is going to become a target sign on our backs. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z “Expert marksmanship is a must because you always got to aim for fingers or toes, and them’s small targets.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Leo wasn’t even her target, but Piper’s charmspeak washed over him irresistibly. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The perfect place for a settlement, and where Nyla’s target was projected. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z But by three in the morning, I’m the target of every colorful bit of profanity District 7 has to offer. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z At the Cavendish, gold resisted the disintegration effect, except for a modest result the scientists traced to contamination of the heavier targets by light impurities such as boron. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Not to the farm, but to the next best thing, sprinting over the bridge across the river, thinking halfway what a good target a bridge would be for a bomb. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z One boy says, under his breath, that he’s heard it’s designed to target each individual’s weaknesses. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Theory dictated that if the supposed disintegration were occurring within the nucleus’s electric field, the production of protons and neutrons would diminish as the targets got heavier. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z How I live now is not the same as any of my yesterdays, and that void that always taunts me is now a moving target, making me lose all sense of direction. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z The Vonnegut would be a target for the first leather-clad booster gang that spotted it. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Mostly I held the balloons and handed them to him and helped him pick out targets. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Adams had been targeted for criticism because he was the standard-bearer for the Federalist party. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Today I killed twelve moving targets using only twelve bullets, and saved the life of my friend. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z She used to tease Percy for being dumb, but in truth his instincts were usually right on target. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z No matter how sharp my intuition is, no matter how well I do at Drake or how perfectly I score in defense and target practice and hand-to-hand combat, Metias’s eyes always hold that fear. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Everyone knew how close the cousins had been, and yet Luxa had been the target of Henry’s treachery. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z And because the drug war has been raging for decades now, the parents of children coming of age today were targets of the drug war as well. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z He made a pretty easy target, sitting there, docile for once, and kind of sleepy. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z No doubt other hunters are closing in on this target, too—I have to get to him before anyone else does. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z It ended only when it had run out of targets and almost every habitable Pacific island had been occupied. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z A red cross was just a more visible target for a sniper. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z They'd hung a target on the granary doors, so they could seem to be honing their skills as archers, but he knew lurkers when he saw them. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z If I throw twenty darts at a target and manage to hit the bull’s-eye eighteen times, the next time I throw twenty darts, I probably won’t do as well. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z They prepared as best they could but never really thought they’d get hit, given all the ports and factories on the mainland, all much more important targets than Cairnholm’s little gun emplacement. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z However, there is no evidence as yet to suggest that the scientists and their families are the targets of the vandalism, although several of their children do attend the middle school. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Fin straightened, carrying a square target toward the stony cliff wall that sheltered the cove. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Nina Yegorova-Arefjeva, an armorer for the 46th Guards, said that “sometimes, when our planes were throttled back gliding in over the target, the Germans would cry out, ‘Night witches!’, and our crews could hear them.” A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z I couldn’t hit the targets at camp, much less a bull’s-eye. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Genie tried to keep his voice down, not that it would’ve mattered: Crab was getting the target situated, and Ernie was drifting off in space somewhere. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z This was much different than fencing épée, where the tip of the blade had to be compressed on the target to score. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Years ago, she had affixed hooks into the wall and punctured holes in the target to hang it. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “It doesn’t matter what I believe. The hospital’s gotta spank somebody, and I was an easy target. It’s just the way things work.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z “She don’t wanna paint a big target on her boy’s chest.” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z With full power roaring, it was Nadya’s turn to caper around in the searchlights while Marina climbed out of view, then idled her own engine to glide silently back to the target. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z They had trouble taking aim at their target because the sky was full of scraps of cloud, but they managed it at last. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Obama’s stated positions on criminal justice reform suggest that he is opposed to the War on Drugs and the systematic targeting of African Americans for mass incarceration. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z She made a bow and arrows, but hardly ever hit her targets. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z On the mornings that Kaede found time for target practice, Pol pushed her harder than he had before. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z A TB epidemic, laced with MDR, had occurred in New York City in the late 1980s, largely targeting prisons, homeless shelters, and public hospitals. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z He was not above criticism — in fact, he was often the principal target of it. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Ross Wilcox and Gary Drake and Dawn Madden targeted me from the start. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z So it was still necessary, reasoned Donovan, to target German physicists, especially Heisenberg. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z In early 1949 Jack Tenney, who had staged the earlier hearing into Rad Lab security, resurfaced with a package of thirteen bills targeting suspected communists at the university and elsewhere in state government. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z If you tell yourself, “Malala, you can never go home because you are the target of the Taliban,” you just keep suffering. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I became her target, and he became her prize. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z “This is our target. The Ridge. A heavily defended, fiercely guarded, fortified city high up inside Isihlangu.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The madrina radios ahead to report how many mi grants are aboard and where they are hidden so agents will know which cars to target when they stop the train. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z His target was a bespectacled former journalist named Herbert Bayard Swope, chairman of the New York Racing Commission, the governing body of War Admiral’s home turf. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Hell! It's a fine bit of craftsmanship, a good rifle that can fetch its own target and guarantees the bull's-eye every time.” Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z If she got involved, she would be squaring off against dangerous men—men who wouldn’t hesitate to target the mother of a small child. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Knowing he had only seconds, Harry straightened up, took aim, and lobbed it into the air; it landed right on target in Goyle’s cauldron. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Darkness and the speed they were traveling made most of the stones miss their target, but not all. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Ronneberg led the team to the door of the plant nearest to their target— the “high concentration room,” in which the heavy water equipment did its work. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Why were we being targeted by people who were praising God? How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z I primed my weapons, surveyed the terrain, picked my target. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z The target was little more than a blur of color, so far back that its bull’s-eye was a grain of sand in the vastness of the room. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Less and less did society target the criminal’s body; choices in that great land without walls. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He felt the warmth for his brother you can feel only for one who is not perfect and therefore no target for your hatred. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Johnny could not yet think of them as targets. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I grit my teeth and turn toward the target, resolving to at least stand still. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z We wait on the roof of the Justice Building with a clear view of our target. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z His special targets were Baby Kochamma’s guests—Catholic bishops or visiting clergy—who often dropped by for a snack. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Their goal was to investigate the structure of light by measuring the interval from the moment a quantum particle of light, a photon, strikes a target to the emission of an electron from its surface. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z In the middle of the nineteenth century, the rate of alcoholism was high in the United States, and with the high rates of drinking came violence, much of it targeting women in their own homes. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z His hands were jammed in his front sweatshirt pocket, and his stare didn’t waver from his target. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z The training bullet hits the outer circle of the target and bounces off, rolling on the floor. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z He targeted us because he could see us, but the moment I took away identifying clothing, I became invisible. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Jason knelt in front of the bandit, at the edge of the cliff, where he was an easy target. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Once blackness and crime, especially drug crime, became conflated in the public consciousness, the “criminalblackman,” as termed by legal scholar Kathryn Russell, would inevitably become the primary target of law enforcement. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Dasch, in particular, was a target and often moved from town to town. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z They must be clear targets on the white snow. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Havermeyer was a lead bombardier who never took evasive action going in to the target and thereby increased the danger of ail the men who flew in the same formation with him. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The Obscure Object’s lips were a perfect ripe oval and into that target, that bull’s-eye, Rex Reese directed the stream of musky smoke. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I reported on local D.C., and I found that people would tell me things, that the same softness that once made me a target now compelled people to trust me with their stories. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Marlene stands in front of one of the targets and sets the muffin on her head. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z She stares at the target for a moment, then fires. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z The planes would radio the reports to Tibbets, who, based on weather conditions and visibility, would choose from the list of targets. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Every noise woke her, and Chaol hadn’t yet discovered who might be targeting the Champions one by one. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z It stinks to be the one with the target on your back and be the one who can’t go anywhere. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z I tried to empty my mind and focus on steadying my arm, creating an imaginary line that extended from my shoulder through the sight to my target—a man’s head. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Sparks flowed from the slim elfin fingers, intuitively targeting bruises, breaks, or ruptures. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Now it was time for the second target. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z The dagger struck the very edge of the target and clung there, quivering slightly. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z If you were already on the same planet as your target when you used the tablet, it would show you their exact coordinates on a map. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “Remove it! Remove that white dress! They will see it and target us!” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z When Dufarge, who was still shielding his eyes against the sight of the Laughing Man’s face, heard a queer exhalation of agony from the direction of the target, he was overjoyed. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z He sees an open target with nothing standing in between. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The Marianas Islands were the next targets in our island- hopping campaign that had begun at Guadalcanal. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z What is possible, but beyond the reach of the available evidence, is that Burr really missed his target, too, that his own fatal shot, in fact, was accidental. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Whoever that robber was, he could hit a target from hundreds of feet away. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The drop target was a frozen lake deep in the wilderness—hopefully, far from any German patrols. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “Did he take his eye off the target? I mean, was he aimin’ the gun right?” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Then she flung it, extending her arm in the direction of the target. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The longer Boots seemed to defy his hunters, the deeper became Caesar’s anger, and having no other target, it fixed itself on Julius. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Esteban Trueba, ever fearful of public ridicule, opted for a solution that would not provide material for malicious tongues, because he knew that his wife’s strange behavior was the target of local gossips. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z And Nina suspected that the glass she was peering through was mirrored on the other side, so that a Heartrender in the cell wouldn’t be able to locate a target. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Adams hated phosphorus, which was only meant to be used to mark targets for artillery. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z I learned to shoot accurately because my teachers held the targets. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z High-flying bombers droned above, a steady two-way stream moving into and returning from their target. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “Good. Then sign yourself out a sidearm, and proceed to the target area.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Just like those losers in Cluck Bucket—looking for a target, somebody to mess with. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z In total, four families had been targeted throughout town that night, though thankfully, nobody had been hurt too seriously. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z I was just another white target on legs. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z He has me practice with my bow and arrows and a target until I can shoot straight. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z For thirteen days, the battleships boomed and heavy shells rained down on target. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z He also had a dart gun, and practiced shooting at a target in his room. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z I raise it high, knowing the target will find itself. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Lange must have considered me an easy target. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The targets weren’t much more than fifteen minutes away. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z I hear puffs of air as paintballs go flying and splats as they find their targets. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z There were two straw targets fifty yards apart, and when they had shot their arrows at one, they had only to go to it, collect them, and shoot back at the other, after facing about. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z China, taking advantage of the chaos, launches its full arsenal of nuclear weapons at key US targets, initiating a full-blown thermonuclear war that ultimately renders the planet a desolate wasteland incapable of supporting life. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z And when Sorrento had learned that the top two gunters on the Scoreboard were hanging out in an unshielded PvP zone, he must have decided that it was too juicy a target to pass up. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “It is a theory that that may be why he was targeted.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z Somebody has to be on Mom’s target board—I think Taro would rather it was me than him. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Even when an Osage ward was mentioned as being alive in the log, it did not mean that he or she had not been targeted. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z I would put my mitt on the inside corner for a target. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z With Peeta’s grisly account fresh in our minds, we crunch through the streets of broken glass until we reach our target, the block we are to take. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z All ten Skyhawks had taken shots at the targets, and the torpedo boats were on fire. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z A bullet hole appears at the edge of the target, and I raise an eyebrow at Will. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Until now, I had never been the target of her public extravagance. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z “Sometimes even children can be targeted. I pray that times get better for your young ones. And for theirs.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z El Patron said easy targets were opportunities to frighten enemies you weren’t ready to tackle just yet. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z If we miss our targets, these arrows will land somewhere—probably the warehouses across the street. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z When I looked up to see if my throw had hit its target, the group I was chasing was standing there laughing at me. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z As they climbed out of the bunker later, somebody said, “They targeted the primary school!” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I know that one vial will erase most of my life, but it will target memories, not facts. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z “Be fine in a moment. But plays hell with me target practice. Would you care for the carbine?” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I'm like a big fence post, and everybody knows a fence post makes a good target. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z He grabbed the silk of her cape and shouted in Kerch, “Who is on your team? What is your target?” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He lifts up the gun with one hand, squares off his feet and shoulders to the target like he’s about to lift something heavy, and fires. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Blue Team’s commanders were also given a tool called Effects-Based Operations, which directed them to think beyond the conventional military method of targeting and destroying an adversary’s military assets. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z His eyes are both intense and vague; he hardly seems to realize when he misses targets in marksmanship. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Percy hoped this contraption would have enough firepower to take down two targets at once. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Between them they shot down thirty-eight enemy aircraft, in addition to destroying targets on the ground and escorting dignitaries. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z It envisions an initial landing of small guerrilla forces in four different areas of South Africa and the attacking of preselected targets. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It wasn’t altogether surprising, therefore, that Dudley kept running his hand nervously over his backside, and walking sideways from room to room, so as not to present the same target to the enemy. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z My target’s little red dot on my phone shifts again. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He would use her as a practice bow and arrow target. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z His preferred targets were pharmacies and “numbers joints.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She got another bull’s-eye on the third target—aiming for the edge, but landing within the border. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The next morning, when I trudge into the training room, yawning, a large target stands at one end of the room, and next to the door is a table with knives strewn across it. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z What a bunch of jerks we’d been, firing spitballs at a kid just because his hippie hair made a big target. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z “Yes, the new software was a match. Right on target. They said it would take a few weeks, and here it is three weeks later. It’s reduced the phantom pains, too.” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z On the screen of her iPad, she plays a relatively primitive video game that entails identifying targets that at first appear in the middle of the screen but get farther out on the periphery. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z With clear targets, Apollo’s archers had flawless aim. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z We were a big target, and right away Golan began to empty his gun at us. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z By the ninth decade of the twentieth century the strategic missile and bomber forces of the Soviet Union and the United States were aiming warheads at over 15,000 designated targets. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Whatever chemical laces the fog does more than burn—it targets our nerves. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “Nice to have you on the team. Maybe I’ll stop teasing Ash and target you for a change.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z She can hit the target every time with a slingshot. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Rowan was never particularly popular, nor was he ever the target of derision before, but now he was cornered and beaten on a regular basis. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Her focus narrowed to the small, black dot in the center of the target. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z It was almost dark by the time we spotted our target. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Typical targets were women on the edges of society who exhibited odd behaviors such as talking to animals, wandering the countryside at night, or hoarding insects. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “No one will know who we are if we travel lightly, Lord Raiden. But if we travel with a caravan of guards, we will be a slow-moving target.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Less and less did society target the criminal’s body; rather, what we wanted to punish was his mind. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z National Guard troops patrolled the communities, but their presence created more resentment, not to mention fresh targets for rock-toting kids. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z They popped up and down selecting random targets. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z He felt like the most obvious target in the world. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Apparently, without the target below to focus on, Russell had suddenly discovered how high he was. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Surely with the target, which stands alone as an object, unlike the long box at the top, particularly when its hinged door is closed. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The first time Sefia let him handle the bow, they used trees for targets. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Theon had seen it often as a boy, when he'd jumped a horse over a mossy wall, or flung an axe and split a target square. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He would join the demon’s crew, earn his pardon, and when he was a drüskelle once more, Nina Zenik would be his first target. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z She glared at me as if I were her next target. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “This isn’t the first time someone has targeted me, and it won’t be the last.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z She shut out noise, shut out movement, shut out anything other than the sound of her breathing as her focus narrowed on the first target. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z In the Philippines, only one out of every four kamikazes actually struck a target. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z I checked my suspect list: “jealous classmates” was too unfocused a target to dig into without a lot more information. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z As middle- and upper-class young men were much more likely to get a deferment from the draft, King noted how the draft ended up unfairly targeting the poor—white and black alike. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z A half hour later, Al is the only initiate who hasn’t hit the target yet. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Even though many of these children have done nothing wrong, they are targeted by police, presumed guilty, and suspected by law enforcement of being dangerous or engaged in criminal activity. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The second is of a kind that is always associated with the shotgun approach to nature: the spraying also eliminates a great many plants that were not its intended target. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z He’d loaded some of his grandmother’s, porcelain in a wagon and toted it into the yard, where he set up targets on old fenceposts at the edge of the property. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z His head was propped by a couple of pillows, like they’d been stuffed under him to make an easier target. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Today’s moving target was not an Me-109 or a pheasant but an empty tin on a stick, waved about by a very brave soul at the other end of the garden. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z It would be impossible to target one without causing collateral damage in the crowds of tourists. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Her goal was to get six in the first target and six in the second, in one pass. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z There were even sessions where his targets had their own weapons. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z With such an extraordinarily large population to choose from, decisions must be made regarding who should be targeted and where the drug war should be waged. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z I didn’t want to hear Spoony preach about how hard it is to be black, or my father preach about how young people lack pride and integrity, making us easy targets. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I’m hitting every target on point, and I try to tell myself it’s a good omen. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z The blow almost missed its target, finally brushing Janza’s jaw ineffectually. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Jewish children were disproportionately targeted—forcibly examined by state doctors, labeled “genetically sick,” and exterminated, often on the most minor pretexts. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z She did the same thing with the next four targets, ringing a bell every time. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z On the plateau, the team would set up camp, scout routes to the target, radio weather reports back to Britain, and light up a landing strip on the edge of a frozen lake. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Many were shot down and just as many fell into the sea without hitting any target. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Winnie brought me an old air rifle that I had in Orlando and Arthur and I would use it for target practice or hunting doves on the farm. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I reaffirmed that we aimed for hard military targets, not people. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Consistent with earlier studies, participants were more likely to mistake a black target as armed when he was not and mistake a white target as unarmed when in fact he was armed. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z My people, the Banyamulenge, have long been discriminated against and targeted in the region. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z The risk that African Americans would be unfairly targeted should have been of special concern to the U.S. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z In fact, some of the factories on their target list had no guards of any type even though what they manufactured was essential. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z Sometimes they had to shoot the bowl as fast as they could at the target. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z “I told him that our airships will target his hometown next.” Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z On the afternoon of May 8, Richard Nixon announced that American planes had begun striking industrial targets in and around Hanoi. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Because those who were targeted were typically poor or of moderate means, they often lacked the resources to hire an attorney or pay the considerable court costs. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z I have, for example, been hacked at, carved into, used for target practice. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z On this Thursday they chose their targets wisely. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z But now he is my matched enemy—my target. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z But a floorboard was loose, the nails having missed their targets underneath. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z The house, the target for their nighttime visit, had seen better days. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Although they had been allowed to make their own decisions about religion, and neither identified as Jewish, their background still made them the target of prejudice. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Mary knew it was just a matter of time before she would become the target of questioning. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Or target the electric grids of Batalla or the airfield bases, cut their power and shut them down. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Pa fears that this will make her a target for the soldiers who want to rid Cambodia of outside ethnic poison. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I aimed at the giant’s head, but though it was larger than my two fishes and a good target, I missed. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z A Recon officer was sent up the chutes to pinpoint the target, while the Retrieval boys took a nice cushy shuttle. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z You feel both invincible and yet targeted, as if the world—as if the universe—doesn’t want you to feel this dizzying enlightenment. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z “So that the others will have no choice but to target you,” says Haymitch flatly. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z There was no harm in taking aim, even if the target was a dream. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Law enforcement officials, he explained, often point to the racial composition of our prisons and jails as a justification for targeting racial minorities, but the empirical evidence actually suggested the opposite conclusion was warranted. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The deuton, however, had twice the heft of the proton but not the additional charge, so it should be better at penetrating a target’s electromagnetic field. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z I was the center of considerable attention on the part of the Zionist students and the target of icy hatred from the ranks of the anti-Zionists. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Afterward, the army decided the hill was not a significant military target, and abandoned it. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z “We’ll give him a medal for being brave enough to go around over the target twice. And we’ll make him a captain, too.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The hunter watched his target drop from branch to branch, down to the forest floor. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z I looked around to see if I could catch their eyes, but they were concentrated on the invisible target in the swamp. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z “A bunch of us have been talking about how Long and Tate seem to target certain students more than others.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z If the target is well known, the number of intermediates is even smaller, especially if you have a link with one or two celebrities. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z When they got to the target, they circled it twice in their small plane, heavy with the weight of the bombs hanging beneath its fabric wings. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z The next afternoon Parkhill did some target practice in one of the dead cities, shooting out the crystal windows and blowing the tops off the fragile towers. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Although it misses its target of the moon, it is the first artificial object to leave Earth’s orbit. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z “It was in our hands. All I had to do was put the Geiger counter in and put it on target and I’d have had it.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z If I'm to sit here like a stump, I had as well paint a target on my breastplate. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Her bullet strays from the target’s center, but only by inches. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z In one synchronized motion, Wilderness Rangers point out targets and the birds take off, colliding against hybrids and exploding on impact. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z “Because you’re at a distinct disadvantage. Your competitors have known each other for years. So who do you think they’re going to target first?” he says. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z His hands were jammed in his front sweatshirt pocket, and his stare didn’t waver from his target. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z He feared that because of the lawsuit he would be a target of local police, that they would manufacture charges against him, try to justify his arrest. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z It was like I was destined to be a target. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z “And even then he’d probably blame himself for the person having the knife to begin with, and apologize for being such a tempting target.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z There isn’t much to do after target practice but wait. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Like the McCrackens’ house that glowed bright when everyone else’s electricity was off, the greenbelts of Dove Canyon made the place a target. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z "If a man paints a target on his chest, he should expect that sooner or later someone will loose an arrow at him. I have seen dead men with more humor than your Ser Alliser." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Within a few days, he proposed a solution: the protons were disintegration products not of the targets but of the deutons themselves, which were “exploding” upon contact with the atomic nuclei. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Inej ran lightly over the tops of the crates, making her way down the row, seeking her targets below. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z But when his drunken attentions became more avid, more targeted, I pushed him off me. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z When the wooden door is up, the assemblage is transformed from a neutral into a loaded image, bringing out the nascent connotations of the target. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z I watched Michael swimming far off shore, and as fun as it looked, I knew I'd be the more vulnerable target if a shark showed up. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z They demanded a culprit — and Catherine O’Leary was the handiest target in sight. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z “I said to give these things to Max, not paint a target between your shoulders.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z For the Germans, the big targets were the cities of Leningrad, the old imperial capital in the north, which had been the birthplace of the Soviet Union, and the new capital in Moscow. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z In the case of the Mexica, the obvious target is Hernan Cortes, who landed near what is now the city of Veracruz on April 22, 1519. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z That is the target that the aeroplanes practice shooting at. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z “Oh, certainly not. It’s too obvious a target for bombings.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z She cut the power to her engine as she approached her target, to give her the advantage of silence. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z The third is too focused on reaching his target and pulling the handgun out of his backpack. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z One of their targets was the royal governor of Massachusetts, Thomas Hutchinson. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z A court record noted that Burt had run a loan business targeting the Osage. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z They dropped a second wingload of bombs over their target without any trouble. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “Yes. It’s tricky work. The shark is a moving target and you really need to get that tag right at the sweet spot at the base of the dorsal fin.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z He didn’t understand why Nico would think of himself as the main target, but Cupid seemed to agree. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Papa Will was called on by people targeted by the Klan, destined to be hanged. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He could tell it was beautiful, straight on target, even though he couldn’t watch its progress, because he was dumped violently to the ground by Carter who had somehow recovered after being demolished. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I breathe deeply and put just my hand over the ceiling, looking through the glass to see my target. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z People in the crowd positioned themselves according to their teams, next to the buildings they would target when the rebellion broke out. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z The Russians were targeting German ground troops nearby. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “It’s your fault Red is targeting Liz. If you’d left her alone like I asked, he would have forgotten all about her by now.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Their target is the nervous system, whether the victim is an insect or a warm-blooded animal. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z She did three more passes at the targets. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z All lights are off so the port will not be a target. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Way back in 1931 when Butterfield attacked Whig history his target was the view that history had a purpose and a goal, which was to produce our values, our institutions, our culture. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The experimenter folded himself into that cramped space and fixed his eye on a scintillation screen capturing flashes from a bombarded lithium target. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z It was heavier, and she hadn’t adjusted her technique to the weight yet, so it struck the very edge of the target and tumbled to the sand. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “I was not aware of rank, sir, at the time. And he was the target which happened to present itself.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I stared at him, the target of more of my spitballs than everybody else put together. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z He passes a knife from his left hand to his right hand, and I see nothing but his eyes as the second knife hits the target above my head. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z They reached the target, everybody dropped their bombs, and the squadron soared around to fly home, still in tight formation after Zhenya. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Incredibly, hunters in the countryside captured tens of thousands of pigeons in nets and sent the living birds to urban hunting clubs for target practice. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z But alone on the water, he made an easy target. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z They were being corralled, pushed closer together to make a single target. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z This is the nature of the tracker jacker venom, so carefully created to target the place where fear lives in your brain. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z At recess they’d made snow forts and had snowball fights and Jack was a master—his fort was bigger and thicker than everyone else’s, and his snowballs seemed to have targeting computers on them. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z His plane wasn’t equipped with radar, which at that time was too bulky and expensive to fit in any aircraft, so he’d relied on the searchlights to locate the doomed planes that were his targets. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z The sky god fought with the fury of exploding stars, and, as a lone god, he was targeted by most of the iron monsters. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “I couldn’t understand why he’d vanished. But what made him change targets?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Directly ahead, drifting toward her and swinging around to present a tempting plump target, was one of the Lannister hulks, floating low in the water. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z That no one could have understood that they would be the target of monthly hurricanes pinballing up the Mississippi Alley, gunning for anything that didn’t have the sense to batten down, float, or go underground. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z When you are organized to apply knowledge, set up targets, produce a usable product, you require a high degree of certainty from the outset. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z A chubby, moon-faced navigator with little reptilian eyes and a pipe like Aarfy’s had trouble, too, and Yossarian used to chase him back from the nose as they turned toward the target, now minutes away. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z During migration season, when we hunt fowl, we’ve developed a system of dividing the birds so we don’t both target the same ones. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “He’s like one of those flying aces from World War I who would just throw the bombs at their targets like hand grenades,” I said. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The other half was empty except for a copper strip serving as a target. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Black and brown youth are the primary targets. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z After the midday meal we practice shooting, and even though I’m hitting my target, my aim is off. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z But the commanders were eager for a big victory, and the 46th Guards were sent out on a bombing mission twice as far away as their usual targets took them. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Down at the archery fields, Chiron was conducting target practice. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Kissinger defended the attacks, pointing out that American planes were targeting military and industrial targets. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z I knew that to Grigori, what had resembled a blight had probably been a modest building from the outside, so as to avoid making a target of itself. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “Two additional runs were made, hoping that the target might be picked up after closer observation,” weaponeer Frederick Ashworth wrote in his flight log. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z And then the hunter suddenly lurched and twisted as he tried to rip the rifle away from his target. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Then I decided against it, lowering the barrel to his chest: always go for the sure target. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z “Yeah. About that—I was thinking your brother could use some target practice. Just in case.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z After 31 steps, Achilles is 931 trillionths of a foot away from the target—69 trillionths closer than you needed—while the tortoise, again, is half that distance away. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z To finalize their training, the saboteurs took field trips to become more familiar with the type of targets in their planned sabotage. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z He was gesturing wildly and then he stood up and looked toward the target area. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The tail gunner’s cockpit at the back of the plane stuck out and made an easy target for enemy fighters. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Jam knew Pet tried not to let her see that fire, so it wouldn’t scare her, even though she wasn’t its target. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Over the breadth of an ocean the smallest miscalculations would become magnified so that ships often missed Bermuda-sized targets by dismaying margins. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z We may be reminded of prisoners trying to look out from small cell windows, or perhaps “blindfolded” targets of execution. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Thus, for countless poor people, particularly racial minorities targeted by the drug war, public housing was no longer available, leaving many of them homeless—locked out not only of mainstream society, but their own homes. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “Now, it’s true that I gave you an easy target. But still. Well done.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z And if it was Dad who set the actual target of an even dozen, Mother as readily agreed. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z Each pinecone bounced off its target with annoying accuracy and whipped the young bears into a frenzy. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “Each night we struck at new targets and each night we slept in a new place, under the wings of our aircraft. This was our work area, bedroom, and dining room.” A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Certainly Joe was a likely target for tuberculosis, Farmer agreed with the resident. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z A black gun cursed to kill every time it was removed from its holster, and if you didn’t pick your target, it would pick one for you. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z When they televise the replay of the reapings tonight, everyone will make note of my tears, and I'll be marked as an easy target. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “I’m sorry, kid, but it’s like you’re asking for it. Don’t make yourself a target. Things are complicated in the world right now. People are scared. Do you understand?” A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z The High Command determined tactics and general targets and was in charge of training and finance. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z An old cartoon captioned “The PhD thesis” shows a little boy firing an arrow into the air, seeing where it lands, walking over to it, and painting a target around that spot. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z These new legal rules have ensured that anyone, virtually anywhere, for any reason, can become a target of drug-law enforcement activity. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z They saw us now—they had a target, and the air filled with their hateful calls. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “Fulvia’s going to have the first round of We Remember spots ready tonight, so we can target the individual districts with their dead. Finnick’s absolutely marvelous.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z As they approached the target area under cover of darkness, there was nothing to light their way but the smoldering glow of burning coal mines. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Young black men would be the likely targets, rather than older white women. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Terrified that the Germans or the Japanese might be targeting the United States mainland, a front-page headline in the Los Angeles Times blared on July 27, “City Hunting for Source of Gas Attack.” A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z I was blown away by their finesse; they could take the tip of their blade and hit their target with such precision. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z In subsequent chapters, we will consider how the system specifically targets people of color and then relegates them to a second-class status analogous to Jim Crow. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Why would these young men, who are targets of a brutal drug war declared against them, put on a show—a spectacle—that romanticizes and glorifies their criminalization? The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z In contrast to chemicals, insect pathogens are harmless to all but their intended targets. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z At the north end of the field stood their target. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z And while the size of the system alone might suggest that it would touch the lives of most Americans, the primary targets of its control can be defined largely by race. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Sookie had released the harpoon into the water like an arrow that sailed far beyond the outermost circle of a target. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Here, in short, was a man with an authority problem, with a strong sense that the system wasn’t working, who had been the recent target of humiliation. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Secretary of State William H. Seward, whose oppressive policies toward the South have long made him a target of Confederate anger, is on Booth’s list as well. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z She doesn’t even have to provoke me, I use her as target practice. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z "Ground telemetry shows it two hundred meters low of target path." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Their first target was a Cherokee town of about two hundred homes and two thousand people. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z The second Eurasian attempt to colonize the Americas succeeded because it involved a source, target, latitude, and time that allowed Europe’s potential advantages to be exerted effectively. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Panic spread from coast to coast: was it possible that the satellite was mapping the United States, with the intent of locking down targets for missile-delivered hydrogen bombs? Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z I was not surprised when he became a target of the Red Guards. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z But as an African American, he was not only targeted by the drug war but then denied access to housing because of his conviction. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z He couldn't sit out in the plaza and talk—there aren't any plazas here, and if you sit out in public some gang driving by might use you for target practice. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Just look for the moving target, the center of activity, the part that tells you what’s going on. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I tried not to stare as Mrs. O’Leary ripped off the target dummy’s shield with the arm still attached and shook it like a Frisbee. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z The military report showed the bombing was a “great success,” hitting not only primary targets, but more secondary targets than expected. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z They were getting increasingly vicious, and they were beginning to target Americans. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z I crane my neck to look at the target. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z As snow blew in through cracks in the wall, Haugland tapped out a coded message: the team was intact and healthy, and would now begin scouting the target area and preparing the landing site. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z By now we’d drifted to within fifty feet of the dock, which made us an easy target. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z But keeping students from going to school is usually counterproductive, and suspensions have been shown to disproportionately target African American males. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “According to Ostis, you can use Transformation to imbue a sword with ‘a thirst for blood,’ so when it comes time to kill, the blade itself seeks out its targets.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z If he really was the last dragon in the world—or Kievan Rus’, or the Thrice Nine Kingdoms, or wherever—it would make him a target for not just the tsar, but everyone. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Putting down their hunting buddy effectively made me a target, and when the two remaining shamblers turn toward me, slack mouths open in a hungry growl, I know I’m in for it. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z No target was too dangerous for his group to attack, just as no shot was too difficult for Appleby to handle on the ping-pong table. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z I grab my fallen weapon and pick my first target, a Negro girl wearing clothing that looks eerily like mine, and leap, sickle swinging to take the thing down. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z They could hear Allied planes flying overhead and the occasional sound of bombs blowing up ground targets. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z The neutrons in turn would act upon a secondary target; obtaining the end product one sought was merely a matter of selecting the right secondary target. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z He was blinking hard now, like he could barely see, and I realized he was targeting by the sound of my voice. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z The agonized groan that came from the bed told Powell that he had finally hit his target. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The blade doesn’t stick, but I’m the first person to hit the target. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z The size, texture, and colors inform us that this is not to be interpreted as a real target. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The last thing I want to do is stand in front of that target, but I can’t back down now. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z He knew, even when he was wearing fatigues, the radio alone made him an obvious target. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z The person in front of me points directly at the targeted spot below the smallest waterfall. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z When the knife left her hand, she felt her fingers reaching after it, and the dagger struck the center of the target. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The fire ant suddenly became the target of a barrage of government releases, motion pictures, and government-inspired stories portraying it as a despoiler of southern agriculture and a killer of birds, livestock, and man. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Then they were to go to the laboratory, make their bomb, and blow up the target. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z “Kill him. Show me you don’t mind making a mess. Show me that at least you know how to land a killing blow on such a pathetic target as this.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Okay, so now that you know about the rules, then I can tell you that I went from being a small target in Wellpinit to being a larger target in Reardan. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z Being alone made you a target, though, and ain’t nobody got time for stupid boys throwing food at your head. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Then she went back to the target and retrieved the knife, bringing it to Kaede. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z In previous wars against Indigenous nations, British commanders had assigned ranger groups specific missions, but to fight the Cherokee, both the regular forces and the rangers would target even the elders, women, and children. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z His movements, as he peered through the brightly lighted shelves of pastry, were those of a lively small animal, a fyce, interested in detecting only the target cut of cake. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Yes, Seward had been a target, but the viciousness of the assault shocked and revolted Booth. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The navigator also acted as bombardier, releasing the bombs over the target. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z M. Stanley Livingstons 4-inch cyclotron, uncovered to show the interior, including the lone semicircular “dee” and a strip of copper serving as the target. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z I took one more glance at Mrs. O’Leary, who was now chewing off the target dummy’s legs. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z As the general explained, this narrowed the targets to cities hosting large munitions plants surrounded by worker housing. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The blade sliding through his unbuttoned black coat easily, hitting his heart as though it had always been its intended target, the silver handle jutting out just beneath his crimson scarf. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The young man giggled and danced about in front of Ignatius to avoid the thrusts, his lithe movements making him a difficult target. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z But no one should ever underestimate the harm that fingernails can do, especially if the target is unprepared. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z He stalked to the target, yanking out all six daggers and shoving them in their sheaths before returning to the throwing line. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Now the two dogs raced each other, both gunning for the same target. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z I did not understand why people would want to target us. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z The targets had once looked like straw men but now looked more like straw lumps. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z As usual, the target was only about fifteen minutes’ flight time from the airfield. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z The sabotage targets had been carefully selected to pinpoint areas that, when attacked, would create bottlenecks in the American war industry. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z “Then go ahead,” Chaol said, pointing to a distant target along the far wall of the abandoned hallway. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z He didn’t know what it was like to be a target. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z “However, I think we have now pretty conclusive evidence on the point. . . We have observed neutrons from targets other than beryllium in just the amount we expected.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z A transparent target in the shape of a laser scope pops up on the hologram behind Nyla. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Every time he spoke, it was to remind me that if I gave up, Al would have to take my place in front of the target. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z It targets itself, homes itself, and cuts off. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z In the morning the men took out their maps and compasses, checked nearby landmarks . . . and realized the British plane had badly missed the intended drop target. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “Keep your elbows in against your sides. When your elbows are out, you’re gonna push the ball sideways left or right. You want your hands moving directly toward the target, straight for the basket.” The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z She kept her eyes on her target: a spot on his neck where she intended to shove the knife home. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z They also warned that terrorists might target evacuation routes, creating “mass panic” and “loss of public confidence in the government.” Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z The hollow was getting faster at making the holds; now it was a moving target. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z She aimed at the first bull’s-eye target and shot off a marble. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z I went to javelin-throwing class, but the Ares camper in charge chewed me out after I got distracted and threw the javelin at the target before he got out of the way. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z While Johnson leaned over the table to look, McNamara pointed out potential targets for an American air strike, mainly North Vietnamese torpedo boat bases along the coast. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z He glanced up at the dragon, now high in the air, surrounded by rings of storm clouds like the circles of an archery target. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z At the same time, Annabeth kicked up with her legs to make herself a smaller target. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Many government officials believed that the anarchists were sympathetic to the Communists who had taken over the Russian government and were determined to make the United States their next target. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Hazel Goldreich, Arthur’s wife, was watching me and jokingly remarked that I would never hit my target. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The kids who targeted me probably didn’t understand what they were accusing me of either. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z The sound of flying darts cutting through the air to his left and right, finding targets, urged him to hurry, erasing any other thoughts from his mind. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Until a Middle Eastern restaurant in Columbus was targeted by a firebomb. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z The guards had been targeting Zoe, and before they could figure out that the kid with the pipes was the bigger problem, the wooden planks at their feet sprouted new branches and tangled their legs. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z I learned this the hard way after I made my way into the world, found my target, and tracked him down in real life. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Both Po-2 crews had dropped their bombs over their target, and neither aircrew had been caught by enemy gunfire. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Was it because I was such a target? Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Then I decided against it, lowering the barrel to his chest: always go for the sure target. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Everything was focused forward to watch and react to my target. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z The idea is that an arrow shot at a target has to move through time, but since time is made of tiny moments, the arrow, in each tiny moment, is at rest and not moving. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z He faces the wall with the targets on it—one square of plywood with three red circles on it for each of us. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z In the old days, five elfin warlocks would form a pentagram around the target and spread a magic shield over it, temporarily stopping time inside the enchanted enclosure. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z And she’d killed men from longer shots than the farthest target. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “They won’t let any of us in since the police are here. But everyone’s talking about it. It was targeting Blacks, Jews, and Asians.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z This deplorable incident has made our section the target of unjustifiable criticism, thoughtless accusations, and avenging threats. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z To simplify considerably, helper-T cells occur in two main types, one that targets microorganisms and one that targets parasites. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z In a group we were more of a target for the Flops, who were the ghetto police. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z “Bombs were dropped on the helpless civilian population. Residential areas were their sole targets, and it was obvious that this strategy had nothing to do with any military targets. Simply put, it was sheer terror.” Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z “I guess I was just mad, and you made an easy target.” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z Iofur Raknison turned his mighty head, distracted from the target three bears were holding up in front for him to slash at with his perfect claws. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Would we argue that ten thousand targeted nuclear warheads are likely to enhance the prospects for our survival? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “You want to lean forward a bit. That puts you a little closer to the target.” The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Colored squares and black strips are calibration targets for the cameras. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Kahn loved to take him deer-spotting in mid-autumn, let him shoot a BB gun at targets behind the house, and told him stories about the Great Hunter. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Maybe I was telling the world that I was no longer a human target. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z She did the same for the fourth target, but aimed for the opposite side of the bull’s-eye. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z They went by us out to the target zone. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Next to me, Christina snorts, and her next knife hits the target. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z The plastic pellet bounces off the center of the target and rolls along the ground. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z FBI agents also infiltrated black community and activist organizations, sought to undermine political education efforts, and illegally and legally surveilled, targeted, jailed, and killed activists. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z He kept them in a Converse shoe box under his bed along with a list of scalable targets around Stokum that we planned to hit once one of us had a license and some wheels. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Now I’ve finally managed to place my target’s physical location, but my phone’s a cracked, beat-up old thing, with an antique battery that’s on its last legs. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The saboteurs were given instructions about where their target was and, at night, they were to assess its most vulnerable spot. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z On the trek today, I missed nineteen out of twenty targets. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Christina shoots again, and this time hits the target closer to the middle. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z It made us a target in these difficult times. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z There is some game where you have to toss something, and if you miss the target you have to take a drink. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “You’ll have plenty of real targets to hit. But don’t get blown up. I’ve got enough on my plate without having to replace you. Now get to the Capitol and put on a good show.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “Before each mission and as we approached the target, I became a concentration of nerves and tension,” she said. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “I can’t really use them for target practice this year, with the force field up and all. Maybe make some fishhooks. What about you?” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Strategic choices must be made about whom to target and what tactics to employ. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z First you pick a target to throw at. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z One reason is that music and identity are closely related, and groups or cohorts of people listen to particular songs targeted toward their age group produced by the market-driven music business. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z The Court made clear that its decision was to govern all future drug sweeps, no matter what the circumstances of the targeted individual. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z A target range has already been prepared for us. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The minute Soheil is back in the camp, there will be a target on his back. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z The man whose house was targeted was a political activist. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z But the Specters had found their target, too, and they pressed in through the snagging tangle of bush and briar and root and branch, meeting no more resistance than smoke. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z With saber, the target area is from the waist up, and saberists can use slashing motions to score with the side of their blades. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z I understood that I was more active than many candidates’ spouses, which made me more of a target for attacks. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I suspect they are intercutting this footage with the destruction of significant Capitol targets. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z My heart tightens when I think of the soldier’s words: Forces in Aleppo are targeting Kurds. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z As she became better and better at the job, she became an intelligence powerhouse, able to advise the Coast Guard and other agencies on everything from potential dangers to easy targets. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z They had been warned to leave Montgomery as quickly as they could, so as not to provide targets for angry segregationists. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z I craned my head forward, eyes focused intently on my target. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z Soon the young fighter pilots at Engels were practicing shooting at targets and working on aerobatic loops and rolls. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z So instead I look around, wondering who I might be able to target in order to steal myself one more valuable power-up. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z We were warned that we could be targets, and for weeks we carefully hauled our mail packages to the federal courthouse for X-ray screenings before opening them. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Otherwise he looked calm for a guy who was making himself a target. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Michael was smartly on target as far as she could tell. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z I just said, “Wow, thanks, Renee!” while every other guy in the class looked at me like I had a big target painted on my forehead. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Hitting the deer would be about as easy for Dad as standing at our kitchen window with a target pistol and picking off the finches and cardinals at our window bird feeder. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Colin, already sweaty and bloody, seemed to be their favorite target. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z I walk to the center of the gymnasium and pick my first target. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Colonel Cathcart had courage and never hesitated to volunteer his men for any target available. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Every night the sky became for them a strange world of moonlit cloud, the ominous red light of aircraft flares, and too many aircraft for safe flight, all heading for the same target. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z The dagger clanged against the cliff, several inches off the target. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z As the habit of killing grows — the resort to “eradicating” any creature that may annoy or inconvenience us — birds are more and more finding themselves a direct target of poisons rather than an incidental one. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Upon trying to shoot a target, he quickly realized something: He had terrible eyesight. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z I shot to kill when I targeted Enobaria and Gloss and Brutus. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z He was a small man with a tough, shriveled body that Ugwu felt needed a watering more than the plants that he targeted with his metal can. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z She ran through the forest of tentacles, dodging and stabbing at whatever target she could find. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z It takes me five rounds to hit the middle of the target, and when I do, a rush of energy goes through me. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z The primary target was the embodiment of motherhood and purity, the Southern white woman. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, her feet propelled her fast and hard toward her target. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z Still half asleep as she approached the target, Larisa couldn’t figure out what she was looking at. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Everyone has at least one section of windows to blow out, but Gale’s assigned the real target. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z This time Neylan’s target was Melvin Calvin, a future Nobel laureate who had worked at the Metallurgical Lab in Chicago and then moved to Berkeley to research peacetime applications of medical radioisotopes with John Lawrence. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z In that same instant, the Sixer ground forces spotted Shoto, and sensing a much easier target, they began to redirect their fire at his avatar. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The harm white people suffer in the drug war is much like the harm Iraqi civilians suffer in U.S. military actions targeting presumed terrorists or insurgents. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z On March 17, American B-52s began striking targets across the Vietnamese border in Cambodia. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Mom doesn’t like to fumble around in front of the building looking like a target for muggers. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z He makes targets of leaves, and pins them to the trunk of the great mango at the edge of our yard. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Not unimportant, but not the most crucial of targets, and yet look.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “It will also soak up the blood of its targets, giving bloodswords their distinctive ferrous odor,” Erastis added helpfully, “and making for easy cleanup.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z “As you go from station to station, we’ve targeted specific skill areas we want you focusing on. Put in the extra work this afternoon.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z The Klan was a perfect target, and Superman turned his powers against them. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z And he had a great dartboard up there, and I only threw a few into the wall instead of into the target. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The four of us were now spread out and circling above Sorrento, making ourselves moving targets. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Her arms and shoulders grew stronger, but still she could not strike the target. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The targets, she says, can be either men or women. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z It looks the same as the last time I was there: targets on one end of the room, a table with guns on the other. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z “You don’t know the meaning of the word ‘liberating’ until you’ve done that, stood in a roomful of targets, let the bullets fly, free of guilt and remorse, knowing you are virtuous, good, and decent. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “She’ll be a target for every—” “I want to go,” I break in. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Two sticks, used as targets, would be driven firmly into the ground in an upright position about one hundred feet apart. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Suicide bombings and targeted killings were regular occurrences. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z And my favorite targets were the Bible and God. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “Suicide bombers in Palestine almost always target other people when they die. The more bodies, the more important the story.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Look frantically for its source, bow loaded, seeking a target to hit. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z His accuracy was excellent because he had spent days aiming fruit at targets. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The only reason I had high-res images of the Pathfinder region is because they were included for landing purposes; in case Martinez had to land way long of our target. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z A single shot from Mr. Flux’s camera could freeze them all, so Otto made sure to approach the clock tower from an angle where they couldn’t be seen from some high window, easy targets. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “This here’s your target,” he told Ernie, who was standing off to the side as if this wasn’t all about him. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z The agreement also set forth target dates for the release of political prisoners and the granting of certain types of indemnity. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In some ways she was his most vulnerable target—through no fault of her own, but simply because in Greekdom, generally speaking, women are lesser creatures, better seen than heard. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The point was to allow white, his opponent, to occupy the center squares, making the pieces a clear target that would be vulnerable to Bobby’s attack. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Then we went running across the beach, dodging back and forth so that we would not be a good target for the small arms fire coming from above. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Make sure your target’s far away or you’ll finish your food too fast. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The intrusion of this ominous meaning creates an extraordinary tension with the dispassionate investigation of the target’s formal qualities. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Bilked of his target, Captain Snow madly tore at the grass and scattered dust. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Hitler’s new target was Stalingrad, a large industrial city on the Volga—and the one that bore Stalin’s name, an insult to Stalin himself. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Critics claimed that the act’s wording targeted Muslim communities. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Candless’s core of loyal followers kept everyone in line and so Dauntless surged through the waves of the Gulf, patrolling and waiting for its target. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z He’d heard that the Communists were targeting mostly police and government officials. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z In other words, the command-module pilot could normally expect to be the target, the hunted one, but under some circumstances his role might swiftly be reversed, and he would become the hunter! Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z She rose, counted out twenty paces from the target, and shifted the hilt in her hand so that the blade was pointing backward toward the sea. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Not only do police discriminate in their determinations regarding where to wage the war, but they also discriminate in their judgments regarding whom to target outside of the ghetto’s invisible walls. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z It’s all so on target, it makes me wonder if Shakespeare was writing from experience. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z I don't respond because it's impossible to make her see reason when Dad's name appears on her target. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z It’s harder to balance, point, and target the foil. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Across the tent, people toss them at each other like snowballs, though instead of breaking they bounce off of their targets, floating gently down. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z At the Rad Lab, every researcher claimed or was assigned an element from the periodic table as an experimental target, with the most senior staffers getting the most promising substances. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z His trident goes whizzing over my head and there’s a sickening sound of impact as it finds its target. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z The ball skittered off his hand, underthrown, overthrown, nowhere near its intended target. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Her lack of fear for her safety—particularly among blacks, where she often stuck out like a sore thumb and seemed an easy target for muggers—had me stumped. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Stessman kept trying to draw her out—she was his new favorite target whenever things got sleepy in class. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z But there was something else, something more personal, that explained why I was its target. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z In this case, he reckoned, one could obtain the required profusion of neutrons by bombarding an appropriate target with a high-energy deuteron beam. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Had this been a football game and had he not been the target, it would have made Travis’s father proud. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z For marbles you’re either the person setting up the target or the person shooting. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z If anything, I was a great target for Trent Bolger and his Soulless Minions of Orthodoxy. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Hitting a forty-mile target from a distance of 238,000 miles is about like trying to split a human hair with a razor blade thrown from a distance of twenty feet. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z "Your lack of imagination is going to make you absolutely a sitting target. A criminal of the imagination of U. N. Owen can make rings round you any time he—or she—wants to." And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z Johnson authorized U.S. planes to hit targets in the North, the first American air strikes since the August 5 raids the year before. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Soldiers moved quickly, hoping to get out before snipers could target their helicopter as they left. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z For the next six months they were assigned to protect railway lines and other industrial targets near the border with Poland. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Ragen’s Colts emptied their clubhouse gun racks and went looking for targets. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Everyone must know that your success benefits the community in one way or another, or you become a target. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z There is a target across the room, more sophisticated than the wooden-board target in the Dauntless training rooms. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z “The security guards have the right to conduct random searches. I can assure you that Brianna was not ‘targeted.’” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z “Any idiot can stand in front of a target,” I say. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z The blood would glow in the presence of the target virus. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “We gotta go bigger than him. We shouldn’t target one person.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The explanation was simple: clouds had covered the target before the planes could bomb it, and the mission to Bologna was still to be flown. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Investors who wanted to devour unwilling targets needed help with their legal strategy, and shareholders needed formal representation. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z They raised their blocky hands, ready to restrain their target, ready to shut her down with the press of a button. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z The trainer, Tax, seeing that the standing targets offer no challenge for me, begins to launch these silly fake birds high into the air for me to hit. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Loaded with high explosives, their aim was to dive right into the target, especially big targets like our battleships and aircraft carriers. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The great debate over whether black men have been targeted by the criminal justice system or unfairly treated in the War on Drugs often overlooks the obvious. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Within its walls she planted an easy, accessible target for his insane anger. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z My double advance lunge was a tempo faster, but I hit her on the thigh, off target. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z I was a much easier target, caught at recess behind the school or loitering around the Big Store. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z The Double Tap, two quick shots at the same target. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z However, the life-insurance agent who had issued a policy to Henry Roan, which had named Hale as the beneficiary, testified that Burt had also recommended another American Indian to target with an insurance-policy scheme. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z She shifted her gaze to him, but kept positioned toward the target. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “There are men entrusted with winning the war who are in a much better position than we are to decide what targets have to be bombed.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “You can’t just think of yourself, you know. Think of Ellis. She’s going to be a target now, too,” she says. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z The glass factory where my father worked was one of those targets. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z She taps again, and the image moves closer to its targets, a man with close- cropped hair and a woman with long, dark hair covering one side of her face. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z A training officer had mentioned that several of us had already been the target of inmate grievances, and one officer had even received two. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Dauntless was more than a match for that soft target, but the other ship, Pole Star, everyone feared. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z I don’t know where my bullet went, but I know it’s not near the target. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Going to get killed, give ’em a good high target. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Too bold; better to start on the periphery and work my way in toward my final objective, gathering intel, studying the secondary targets in order to acquire data about the main objective. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I lead them out back, showing off my target practice area. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z He was the target of terrible bullying, he explained, and he wanted it ended. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z He exceeded all plausible expectations of landings, putting us just nine meters from the target. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z On my reply in the negative he said, “Don’t worry. The safest place is at the target.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Holly had enough on-the-job experience to realize that she was under fire, and immediately curled her elfin frame into a ball, minimizing the target. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z This activity, curiously, remained nestled close to the uranium target, unlike other fission products, which typically were driven some distance away by the energy of nuclear fragmentation. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Though they didn’t hit the bull’s-eyes, and their shots got sloppier the farther the target, whoever their masters had been, they’d known what they were teaching. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I tell them everything, from how security loves to target black and brown kids to how they pinned me to the ground. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Poachers are book scavengers who target declared books in an attempt to get them before the original seeker. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z The hypothesis of unconscious motivation explains why the murderers perceived innocuous and relatively unknown victims as provocative and thereby suitable targets for aggression. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z With this goal in mind, Moscow headquarters made up a list of top American scientists to target for cultivation. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The euthanasia, or “mercy death” program, targeted physically and mentally disabled infants, children, teenagers, and adults living in hospitals and institutions. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z A wild plum tree yonder made a fine target. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z I gave him a knowing smile, a little nod of approval, before moving on to my next target. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z In the 1970s, its work yielded MIRVs, multiple independently targeted reentry vehicles. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z I realized now why Haskel had been targeted instead of me. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z This sort of action angered me like no other, and I told the press that every white policeman in South Africa regarded every black person as a military target. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Confined to ghetto areas and lacking political power, the black poor are convenient targets. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The target was somebody’s locker, and you didn’t have to be a genius to figure out whose. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z “Moved them to Muriel’s. The Death Eaters know Ron’s with you now, they’re bound to target the family—don’t apologize,” he added at the sight of Harry’s expression. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Despite the latter’s objections to Neylan’s security inquiries a few years earlier, Latimer would participate willingly in a process that was tilted even more harshly against its target. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Ray grabbed me by the poncho and shirt and chest skin, and pulled me down so I wasn’t such a big target. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z He brought the crosshairs into focus on his target. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z This time the kickback doesn’t startle him as much, and the bullet nicks the top of the target. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z I’ve always had a special talent for throwing stuff at targets. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Some men stopped laughing, but she paid them no heed as she nocked another arrow and fired at the second target. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Nox focused on the target as he brought up his arm. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Those men who thought the target of the expedition was going to be Lexington and Concord were right. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Chapter 2 described the first step in some detail, including the legal rules that grant police the discretion and authority to stop, interrogate, and search anyone, anywhere, provided they get “consent” from the targeted individual. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z But as I sat with Marvin on one of the wooden courtroom benches, he revealed that the targeting of his family did not end with his grandfather. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Over the next three and a half years, American planes would drop a daily average of eight hundred tons of bombs on targets in North and South Vietnam. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z I had had enough narrow escapes by then to know that it was best not to be conspicuous, not to stand out, not to make myself a possible target. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z “It targets explicit memories, like your name, where you grew up, your first teacher’s name, and leaves implicit memories—like how to speak or tie your shoes or ride a bicycle—untouched.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z He and his partners stood absolutely still and kept their glowing eyes locked on their target. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Eventually I hit the target—my mouth, which was when I realized I was wrong. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z The Hate continued exactly as before, except that the target had been changed. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Livingston and Henderson rewired the switch and trained the deuteron beam on a carbon target for a quarter of an hour. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Such as, “This cawwot is a topeedo—watch!” as he made the vegetable plow a path through the gravy on his plate before targeting his mouth. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z I can practically hear what she’s thinking—I’m small, so I’m an easy target, but I’m Dauntless, so I’m not that easy to beat. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Pantalaimon heard before she did, and became a leopard and knocked her over, making her less of a target. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z “Plenty. They’re going to target you early. Whatever the level turns out to be, you’d better be able to cut out in front of them and get to clear ground.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Behind him, five targets were staggered at various distances through the hall. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z They were simply giving the shooters a good target, they were saying, “Here we are, put us out of our misery.” Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z Of course, the fact that white people are harmed by the drug war does not mean they are the real targets, the designated enemy. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z When he was high above the young mouse, he dropped like a stone, right on target. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Beside her, Nox swore colorfully when his dagger hit the third ring on his target, and her smile broadened, despite the shredded corpse that lay somewhere in the castle. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The Allied bombing of German cities remains a controversial subject, especially in areas where no military or industrial sites were targeted. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z The only way to make sure of his target was to get close enough to see her clearly, which meant following them into the wood. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z All that remained was to visit the target building under operating conditions. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z I wondered what made me such a target. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z He saw the phalanx of arrows gleam like an eyeflick in the moonlight All his life up to then he had been shooting into straw targets which made a noise like Phutt! The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z When the 586th arrived in their Yaks, the enemy planes dropped their bombs in a snow-covered field instead of on their populated industrial target, and beat a hasty retreat. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Once again, the diploma seal over the doctor’s left shoulder made for a good visual target. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z “I looked in vain for the city that had been our target,” Alvarez recalled. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Law enforcement officers generally have no personal resources to pay damages to victims of misconduct, so the city, county, or agency that employs them is typically the target of any civil action that seeks compensation. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “Still, for all Grigori’s virtues, he is impulsive. He would rather target street kids than think higher. He lacks restraint and true vision.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z My sluggish mind still recalls Nyla’s hologram of the smallest waterfall with the projected target, indicating where they had found the First Arrivers. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z One got stuck on the spikes and became an easy target for archers. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Then Uncle spent about twenty minutes telling us about the time when he was young and he and a friend decided to practice target shooting with some cans. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z She was probably playing me, but that was all right; you do what you have to do to save a dog, and she was hitting the target perfectly. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The arrow whistled, its fletching catching a breeze, and it hit the target in its straw belly. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z When he looked at me that night, his face still had that radiant look, that well-focused beam that couldn’t miss its target. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z We use a big tree with a mark on it as a target. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z She’d been preparing for Redemption to be the monster’s target, as much as anyone could prepare for something like that, but hearing that it was Moss somehow made it worse. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z The witches were swooping so thickly above them that three fell in flames at the first shot alone, but it was soon clear that the real target was the zeppelin. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z But once Jefferson laid it out before him so elegantly in the summer of 1813, Adams at last possessed a target on which to focus his considerable firepower. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z She took up a place near the archery targets; Nox joined her a moment later, and started firing his knives at the target. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z At eighteen, Elizabeth Manwill was an easy target for mockery: glasses perpetually sliding down her nose, forehead knobby with acne, clothes frumpy and ill fitting. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He hits the target each time, exhaling as he releases the knife. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Hoagland was the target, always the mode Jack and I favored. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He pulled himself to his feet and hobbled toward his target. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z ‘Yes . Orion’s gaze became unfocused. Reyna could tell, because the laser targets disappeared from her chest. ‘I ended up on Delos, where I met Artemis. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Endangering off-spring in order to draw in the actual desired target, the parent. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z They all collected smooth pebbles from the stream and took turns slinging them at targets. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z She’d changed the meeting time to earlier so that her father and his staff could claim that she was the target and that she escaped only because of the last-minute scheduling adjustment. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z One cyclotroneer joked that “its neutrons would reach Chicago”; another wondered, less facetiously, if its beam would be so potent that the targets would be “too hot to handle.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “We’d be here all night if we kept negotiating. See how much faster that was? Much more persuasive to our target.” Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Fortunately, Kraków was spared the destructive bombardments that targeted Warsaw and other cities; even without the threat of bombs, there was terror on the streets. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z It was Nox, actually, who surprised her most, with three bull’s-eyes into the nearer targets and the two final shots along the border of the inner ring. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The first of the three is-phrases, is brutally targeting civilians, is the most deeply embedded one; it is part of a relative clause that modifies third-rate Serbian military. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Here circumstances are very favourable, and where circumstances are favourable there cannot be great difficulty, provided that you imitate the institutions of those men I have proposed as your target. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z That made Seward, of all of Lincoln’s cabinet officers, Booth’s most appealing target tonight. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Fig sprung onto his paws, his gaze never wavering from his target. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Because the venom targets the part of the brain that houses fear. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z On one end of the stage there were five bull’s-eye targets. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z It leaves a circle of light on the target, marking the impact site. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Participants were told to decide as quickly as possible whether to shoot the target. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Ever since he read about this Swedish aristocrat who bombed Nigerian targets with his own small plane, he had wanted to meet him. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z If he couldn’t see the target, he was not to release his irreplaceable bomb. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z He targeted the largest clump of enemies and shot a tulip-shaped arrow. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z It flew true—there were only twelve arrows, but they were good arrows—and hit the target where its lumpy arm should have been. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Once a sugar-sensing protein had detected sugar in the environment, it would recognize one such tag and turn the target genes on or off. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z He sometimes kidded me about being so short, but I always had an easy answer: “Bigger guys make bigger targets.” Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z He reminded me that the target area in saber was from the waist up. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z The bombsight would then take over flying the plane, follow a precise path to the target, calculate the drop angle, and release the bombs at the optimal moment. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z Before beginning the mission, Dasch had argued furiously with Kappe that the saboteurs were to spend a few months acclimating and blending in before blowing up any of their targets. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z The research, which took place over four years and cost $300,000, entailed training 174 adult subjects to play a targeted video game. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z I ducked, but they hit me real hard, shouting and cheering as they found their target. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z After the photographer left I had to go have another target practice session with Paul. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z We crawl into the tent and take our clothes off inside our sleeping bags, the flashlight making a circle on the canvas, a light ring enclosing a darker one, like a target. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The naval base and port were also a prime target for Russia’s Red Army. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Working with James Chadwick, whose experimental skills matched his own, Rutherford trained his alpha particles on a series of gaseous targets: oxygen, carbon dioxide, even ordinary air. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Such beliefs made Boyle the perfect target for the sophisticated con artist. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z She stood there, staring, like I was going to whip a couple of throwing knives out from under the covers and use her for target practice. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z These highly racialized appeals, targeted to poor and working-class whites, were nearly always accompanied by vehement promises to be tougher on crime and to enhance the federal government’s role in combating it. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z ICBMs could reach their targets in less than an hour. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z In legal scholar Ricardo Bascuas’s words, “Operation Pipeline is exactly what the Framers meant to prohibit: a federally-run general search program that targets people without cause for suspicion, particularly those who belong to disfavored groups.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Not as though expressing disagreement—more as though trying to make her ears a moving target for what Dill was saying. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z You never knew who was KKK, or who would target you. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z When rumors began spreading that the Germans were about to start a bombing campaign against Poland, Jack’s father feared Gdynia would be a target. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z “Statistically speaking,” the Erudite boy next to me— his name is Will—says, grinning at me, “you should have hit the target at least once by now, even by accident.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z “We’ve been lucky in that our target has bumped into some food along the way. He chewed on a couple of cows for an hour or two, so that bought us a bit of time.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z His worries were on target: the virus, not the British, stopped the Continental army's drive into Quebec in 1776. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z It was clear from the start that the committee’s primary target was Burnham’s Department of Works. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Next to the targets was a big board that had a thick, dark green forest painted on it. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Ivan moved to the side, arcing around so he wasn’t a still target for Sigurd’s mounting fury. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z “You get five shots—one per target. The one with the worst aim goes home.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z We each defended our own target and attempted to prevent the other side from retrieving the sticks that had been thrown over. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “We were targeted from both sides. The Capitol killed the victors they suspected of being rebels. The rebels killed those thought to be allied with the Capitol.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The woman held a long-arm nearly as tall as she was, shooting hollow glass orbs and targets effortlessly. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Within the framework laid down by the High Command, the Regional Commands had authority to select local targets to be attacked. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Some of the men would beg for a shot at the target themselves. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z Now the Soviet Air Force became an unlucky target for Stalin’s purges, because it had been a source of pride for Mikhail Tukhachevsky. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Valentin would make Valya look around for the rest of his squadron while he flew, often thinking harder about his flight crews than about the enemy targets. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Large albums with photos and lists of the items he targeted for his museum were assembled. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z I drag one of the target dummies out into the middle of the room and, using some chinning bars, hang it so it dangles by the neck. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z She figured out how to throw knives and make poisoned arrows from the skins of frogs, to sneak up on prey twice her size and track targets in the dark. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z “You hit the air around your target’s body. How useful.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z As long as the target is a monster. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z I was going to ask more, but then I heard Sohrab’s mom let out a cry and charge across the sea of Bahramis separating her from her target. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z The giant circular targets were composed of five colored rings—yellow marking the center, with only a tiny black dot to mark the bull’s-eye. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Not only the target insect or plant, but anything — human or nonhuman — within range of the chemical fallout may know the sinister touch of the poison. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Do we need a new system of research management, with all the targets in clear display, arranged to be aimed at? The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Which in this case, Joe figured, was tantamount to being singled out to be a human target on the state police pistol range down in the capital. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Look: The incomers—the real aliens, not me—in my father’s book had the ability to produce vibrational waves that targeted a specific region inside the brains of their human victims. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z In addition, as the highest official of our district before the Cultural Revolution, he was often taken as a companion target to struggle meetings against his junior officers. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He knew that since I’d started wearing my hijab every day I was a target more than ever. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z It was a tale about focusing, about peeling away distractions one by one until all that was left was the target. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z They left the targets and had several shots at the popinjay—which was a large, bright-coloured artificial bird stuck on the top of a stick, I see a parrot—and Kay missed these also. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I weighed my fist, and observed my target; but I found I had no will to strike the gentleman. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z I was a softer target, but I also was lighter and faster. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “Just a bit,” she said, and held her ground as he gathered their knives from the two targets and handed hers back. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The rebels turned their rifles to new targets and tore down rank after rank of proud grenadier. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Poachers are book scavengers who target declared books in an attempt to get them before the original seeker. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z This is very satisfying, for although I’m not hitting my target, I am hitting something. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I want the killers who targeted my people to face justice. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z He throws another knife, and this one sails a few feet to the right of the target. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z But their procedure, as it turned out, actually had baked laboratory dust onto the targets, which accounted for the irregular findings. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z In March, the banker and real estate mogul Jesse Binga was the target of two bombs, one at his real estate office, one at a property on his listings. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z On a bombing run with the Norden sight, Louie would visually locate the target, make calculations, and feed information on air speed, altitude, wind, and other factors into the device. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z If one grave in a graveyard looks like a target for petty vandals, that is the ghoul-gate. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z Who knows who might be the target of the well?read man? Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z So he pulled back the hammer, took careful aim directly on the target, and fired again. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z In clear view Mr. Loomis stopped to listen and I had a stationary target. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z It was an ideal arrangement for everyone but the dead man in Yossarian’s tent, who was killed over the target the day he arrived. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z High John danced between the iron monsters, tangling them up as they lunged at him and leaving them twisted in rusty knots, juicy targets for my hooks and uppercuts. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z It shocked many Germans as they realized that their own parents and grandparents might be targeted as the next euthanasia victims. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z The principal target of the aerial spraying was the salt-marsh mosquito, which inhabits the marshes and coastal areas that are typical foraging areas for the eagles. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z A few minutes later, perhaps thinking he was over the worst of it, the same man was caught leaning slightly against the wall: a born target. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Okay, now face the target and turn the safety off,” I say. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z “I never got their names. No badges. Three of them showed up, told me that I had better be careful, that I had painted a target on my back, on my whole family.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Fuller arrived home to find a frantic Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., almost incoherent in his concern over becoming the assassin’s next target. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z ‘They did. Seven hundred against seventy. It wasn’t a battle. It was .. .just target practice ... for them. Some of our men were killed and the British huzzaed and took the road to Concord.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z While the tribe waited for the federal government to respond, Mollie lived in dread, knowing that she was the likely next target in the apparent plot to eliminate her family. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z On August 3, South Vietnamese boats again hit targets in the North. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Powerful sprayers direct a stream of poison to all parts of the tallest trees, killing directly not only the target organism, the bark beetle, but other insects, including pollinating species and predatory spiders and beetles. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Three more jaegers joined the first, circled close together as if over a target, then dropped out of sight below the horizon. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z But we are warned that “unions have been targeting Wal-Mart for years. ” Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He was perfectly silhouetted against the light inside, like a paper target at a shooting range. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Each would check the weather over a specific Japanese city—potential targets approved by President Truman. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “And I don’t care about being safe. Or if there’s a target on my back too.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z They hadn’t found their target, and now that they didn’t have any idea where they were, Polina and her pilot hesitated about dropping their bombs. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Since the rebels had to scale the mountains, they were easy targets for the Capitol's air forces. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Maybe she should target someone and try to be their friend. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z They daren’t confide in each other, not knowing whom to trust; they are scared to speak out, in case their suspicions are true and their families are targeted. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Like his target, Andrew Johnson, Atzerodt is staying at Kirkwood House, on the corner of Pennsylvania Avenue and Twelfth Street, four blocks from the White House and just one block from Ford’s Theatre. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z In a few hours, the light of dawn would illuminate the manhunters and make them into perfect, visible targets. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z During a May conference at Caltech honoring the visiting Niels Bohr, he alluded to the lightweight neutron while describing the disintegration of eight heavy targets, up to aluminum, by deuton bombardment. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Frightful saw the target and was inspired to tear off a small bite of duck. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Who better to target than the criminals living here? Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I guess Cap’s mop was an irresistible target for amateur spitballers, not just the professionals. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z Conflict continued over the next decade, with Jamestown residents frequently targeting Indigenous civilians. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z Lawrence and Cork had gone to great lengths, all meticulously documented, to cleanse their platinum targets of all impurities. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Black and brown people are the principal targets in this war; white people are collateral damage. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Alvarez fired his rockets as he sped past the target, then began banking to come around again. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Sheriff Tate, the district attorney, and other law enforcement officers who had become targets of criticism were cheered. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Because of my weight and my big mass of curly hair that the kids made fun of, and because I was younger than the others, I was an easy target for Addison. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z Just as she was rounding the corner of the hostel she heard the swift passage of an arrow followed by a thud as it struck its target. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The trick is that you take so long to hit the target, you forget about being hungry. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Too many of those planes did strike their targets. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z To regain the upper hand, the English set up a target made of steel. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The cylinder was placed between the magnet poles and nestled right up against the beryllium target that produced neutrons when struck by deuterons. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z A plane would fly to its target and come back, land, refuel, and reload with fresh bombs. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Outside in the pastoral quiet, Bloom felt threatened, exposed; he was a target. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Calvin says it is because they have two targets now. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z Even if the iron missed its target, the stones and shattered metal fragments ricocheted about dangerously. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The target of my rage was my mother. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z There was an agent they were targeting at present, for example, who was reputed to have an unhealthy interest in young boys. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Your most accurate view of a target is the instant you first see it. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z That usually meant targeting nonfighters such as Indigenous women, children, and elders with especially brutal acts. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z The rest of my team did their best to cower in fear and not look like targets. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Increasingly, a focal target was something that I had said, “Malcolm X” as a “demagogue.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z |
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