cross hairs

British

plural noun

Also called: cross wires. two fine mutually perpendicular lines or wires that cross in the focal plane of a theodolite, gunsight, or other optical instrument and are used to define the line of sight

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Musk’s relationship with Trump wasn’t the only one in Kimmel’s cross hairs Thursday.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 2024

They are expected to argue that before he fell into investigators’ cross hairs, there was little evidence he was slipping mentally.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2023

ElPeriodico’s investigations into abuses of power and graft under various administrations has regularly put it in the government’s cross hairs.

From New York Times ● May 16, 2023

In the cross hairs now is Ms. Scott, who joined the network at its inception in 1996 as a programming assistant and worked her way up to become chief executive in 2018.

From New York Times ● Mar. 4, 2023

A set of cross hairs sprang into existence on the screen.

From Pushbutton War by John Schoenherr

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