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Recent Examples of targeting
Taylor, a fluid 6-foot-5, is already the Jets’ second-best receiver and plays with a quarterback, Justin Fields, who is prone to targeting tight ends — fifth-highest tight end target rate since 2021, and Cole Kmet had a career-high 719 yards with Fields as his quarterback in 2023.
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Jacob Robinson, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
Jacob Robinson, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for targeting
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Working closely with schools, says Mosseri, can help the platform handle issues that may fly under the radar, such as a user who isn't overtly harassing another.—
Anna Halkidis,
Parents,
26 Sep. 2025
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One such company was ordered to pay over $8 million for harassing people into paying fake debts.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
24 Sep. 2025
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The ladies began going back and forth, taunting one another with ghost writer claims and star power.—
DeMicia Inman,
VIBE.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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Taylor knows that even after all this battle, Olivia still loves her idol’s music — taunting her with her complicated devotion.—
Zach Schiffman,
Vulture,
3 Oct. 2025
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Baldoni later accused Lively of tormenting him, his family and colleagues in a lawsuit filed in the Southern District of New York in January.—
Janelle Ash,
FOXNews.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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As her condition worsens, her fiancé’s brooding cousin becomes an unwilling participant in the evil forces tormenting her.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
31 Aug. 2025
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Amazon is really baiting us to breakup with our iPads by offering 50% off the newest generation of their Fire tablet.—
Julia Harrison,
Architectural Digest,
3 Oct. 2025
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The objectionable programs in that case were not the Republican-baiting precincts of late-night television but the social taboo-breaking entertainments of Three’s Company, All in the Family and Knots Landing.—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Sep. 2025
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No kid brother tagging along, pestering him with questions, pushing up on his social circle.—
Janine Henni,
PEOPLE,
8 Sep. 2025
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As of this writing, there's no official trailer for Interview With the Vampire season 3, though AMC did drop a teaser teasing Lestat's life as a rock icon.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
1 Oct. 2025
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Emerald Fennell is teasing her film adaptation of Wuthering Heights, which garnered significant attention following the release of the trailer earlier this month.—
Armando Tinoco,
Deadline,
29 Sep. 2025
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The musical instruments of this region are crafted from the earth, mimicking birds that fly along the banks of rivers, the sound of rain or the beating of a heart.—
Karla Gachet,
NPR,
1 Oct. 2025
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In a speech on the subject on the Senate floor in August, the senator was flanked by a placard with images of hemp products in packages mimicking snacks such as Doritos and Oreos.—
Lucas Aulbach,
Louisville Courier Journal,
1 Oct. 2025
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Actress and comedian Heather McMahan stepped down as emcee for the Ryder Cup after she was heard heckling and cursing at golfers during the championship game over the weekend.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
29 Sep. 2025
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The Bethpage crowd had been brutal, heckling players throughout the weekend.—
Devlina Sarkar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Sep. 2025
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“Targeting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/targeting. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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