Example Sentences

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In recent years, GSK has largely gone after deals for drugs with proven disease targets, rather than novel mechanisms that carry a higher risk of failure.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Robert "Madyar" Brovdi's underground command post features walls of blinking screens playing footage of Ukrainian drones attacking Russian troops, frontline maps, and scoreboards of destroyed targets.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

WhiteHawk hedges 90% of its commodity price risk for the next 12 months and targets paying 75% of cash as dividends.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

An SDN designation freezes any assets the targets hold within U.S. jurisdiction and bars all U.S. persons and companies from dealing with them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

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.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman