hit the mark
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Hoping to lift his spirits, actors and others at his Long Island theater gathered to try to find a recipe that might hit the mark.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
And, of course, a cute-as-a-button golden retriever who can shoot hoops as well as he can act is always going to hit the mark, he said.
From Barron's ● May 10, 2026
That’s a change from last year, when OpenAI launched several standalone products that didn’t always hit the mark.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 31, 2026
I was screaming my heart out, doing the best I could, but later I felt that some of the notes were a little flat — that I hadn’t quite hit the mark.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2025
By the end of our training session my ears are ringing, my arms are sore, and I smell like gunpowder, but I have hit the mark three times.
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
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