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Rookie Kennedy Wesley logged the full 90 minutes as Girma’s replacement and assisted a defense that allowed no shots on goal in the first half or any on-target shots in the match to Uchenna Kanu, Racing Louisville’s top scorer.
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Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Apr. 2024
The homage is more on-target than its wearers realize.
—Mattie Kahn, Vogue, 6 Mar. 2024
The first stage used for the rideshare mission, making its fifth flight, flew itself back to an on-target landing at Vandenberg after boosting the upper stage and payloads out of the lower atmosphere.
—William Harwood, CBS News, 4 Mar. 2024
Metz had several chances but only two on-target attempts.
—Samuel Petrequin, USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2024
The return maneuver culminated in an on-target vertical landing a few miles south of the launch pad.
—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 26 Aug. 2023
With a new player like Goodson turning back to find a football, the pass needs to be perfectly on-target.
—Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Jan. 2024
Through two games, on-target passes by Jackson have been dropped just 4.7% of the time, compared with 7.3% for his career and 9% last season.
—Brian Wacker, Baltimore Sun, 20 Sep. 2023
Blanco and Boli made an immediate impact in the 76th minute, combining for a play where Blanco played a cross in to Boli, whose strike was perfectly on-target at the far post but saved well in the end by John McCarthy.
—oregonlive, 10 Sep. 2023
Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Apr. 2024
The homage is more on-target than its wearers realize.
—Mattie Kahn, Vogue, 6 Mar. 2024
The first stage used for the rideshare mission, making its fifth flight, flew itself back to an on-target landing at Vandenberg after boosting the upper stage and payloads out of the lower atmosphere.
—William Harwood, CBS News, 4 Mar. 2024
Metz had several chances but only two on-target attempts.
—Samuel Petrequin, USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2024
The return maneuver culminated in an on-target vertical landing a few miles south of the launch pad.
—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 26 Aug. 2023
With a new player like Goodson turning back to find a football, the pass needs to be perfectly on-target.
—Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Jan. 2024
Through two games, on-target passes by Jackson have been dropped just 4.7% of the time, compared with 7.3% for his career and 9% last season.
—Brian Wacker, Baltimore Sun, 20 Sep. 2023
Blanco and Boli made an immediate impact in the 76th minute, combining for a play where Blanco played a cross in to Boli, whose strike was perfectly on-target at the far post but saved well in the end by John McCarthy.
—oregonlive, 10 Sep. 2023
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“On-target.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on-target. Accessed 3 May. 2024.
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