as in root
the central part or aspect of something under consideration
you hit the bull's-eye when you noted that the real issue here is money
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Recent Examples of bull's-eye
Lyme disease, America's most common, affects half a million annually, presenting with symptoms like a bull's-eye rash, treatable with doxycycline.
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Omer Awan,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
Patients may develop more widespread skin rashes rather than a single bull's-eye lesion, and some infections have required hospitalization.
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Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
11 June 2026
Cities such as Wichita Falls, Childress, and Amarillo are near this hail bull's-eye.
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Anthony Franze,
San Antonio Express-News,
5 Mar. 2026
Some bites may develop a larger red area or a rash, including the bull's-eye pattern associated with Lyme disease, though not every tick bite causes this rash.
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Hannah Yasharoff,
USA Today,
22 Sep. 2025
An infected tick bite may cause a bull's-eye rash (a small circle with a ring around it) one week to three months after the bite.
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Mark Gurarie,
Health,
21 Aug. 2025
Omer Awan,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
Patients may develop more widespread skin rashes rather than a single bull's-eye lesion, and some infections have required hospitalization.
—
Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
11 June 2026
Cities such as Wichita Falls, Childress, and Amarillo are near this hail bull's-eye.
—
Anthony Franze,
San Antonio Express-News,
5 Mar. 2026
Some bites may develop a larger red area or a rash, including the bull's-eye pattern associated with Lyme disease, though not every tick bite causes this rash.
—
Hannah Yasharoff,
USA Today,
22 Sep. 2025
An infected tick bite may cause a bull's-eye rash (a small circle with a ring around it) one week to three months after the bite.
—
Mark Gurarie,
Health,
21 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bull's-eye
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The roots of the fall-out stretch back to 2019, before filming for the franchise’s fourth feature instalment began, when Margera signed a wellness agreement with the producers which committed him to sobriety amid his struggles with alcoholism.
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Simply apply 1 to 2 inches of natural mulch, like bark mulch, over the roots of your plants to lock in soil moisture and keep the mulch line at least 1 inch away from the plant's stems.
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Their coupling instantly captured the attention and hearts of fans around the world, and Swift’s presence at Chiefs games was even credited with bolstering female interest in NFL football.
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His update on the C-cut began just below the chin, with extra lift at the roots and inward-curving lengths that narrowed toward the ends to create the illusion of a heart.
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The solution is to realize the importance of being rooted in the divine essence of God that has been given to everyone.
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In essence, Star Fox is the video game version of Alien or Terminator.
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Reflective, multilayer shields will block the most heat, and ones with a thicker foam core will work much better than thin ones.
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Sperm production works best at a temperature slightly cooler than core body temperature.
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The three benchmarks Recursive used involve training a small language model, improving AI training speed, and optimizing a GPU kernel, the tiny mathematical steps that a GPU has to perform to train or run an AI model.
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Grill ears in their husks, then cut the kernels from the cob and add them to salads, salsas, grain bowls, or vegetable dishes.
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The first-year pro soccer club dropped a 2-1 home game to One Knoxville, watching the Tennessee side and reigning league champ rally to steal all three points in front of 7,223 fans at Expo Idaho.
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Plowden had three consecutive 20-point games against the Philadelphia 76ers, Charlotte Hornets and Orlando Magic in late March.
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The bottom line is that the conservative justices want to protect guns, while the liberal justices (and perhaps an increasing number of realistic conservatives) recognize that marijuana use just isn’t that big a deal.
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The bottom line may not be for most of us to gauge.
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In his apartment officers found black and gray clothing Fleming wore during the robberies as well as a black duffel bag, a gun belt with a holster, a large sum of cash still wrapped in bank currency bands, and multiple guns.
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That whiplash-inducing sum covers multi-day arena rental, top-tier security, and several headline performers.
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“Bull's-eye.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bull%27s-eye. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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