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The word "crosshairs" is a correct part of written English, although it is not often used in informal speech
It can be used to refer to the two lines that form a cross shape, often used for aiming in a rifle sight. For example: The sniper had his target in his crosshairs.
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crosshairs
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Plural of crosshair
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The night had opened with the pollsters in the crosshairs.
Actor Scarlett Johansson recently found herself in the crosshairs of pro-Palestine advocates because she backed Sodastream, a company with a factory in an illegal settlement in the West Bank.
The Alliance party began 2012 in the crosshairs of the dissident republican terror groups because their leader, David Ford, is Northern Ireland's justice minister.
If a semblance of creative independence cannot be maintained in an artistic enterprise, then it is unlikely to survive the criticism that will be heaped on it, particularly if it has been funded by a company that, like Wonga, is in the crosshairs of public and political opinion.
Nobody had asked Godiya, who has asked for her surname not to be used, to set off on a mission that put her directly in the crosshairs of the sect whose nickname means "western education is forbidden".
The less prestigious but even more long-lived 600m record was in David Rudisha's crosshairs but the Kenyan could manage only 1min 13.17sec, the fourth fastest time in history but 0.90sec short of the mark set by USA's Jonny Gray in 1986.
Following his speech, a statement from Clarke will be published, in what will be his first official comment on the subject in his ICC capacity, with Essel-owned broadcasters Ten Sports – who have the rights to show home internationals in five Test-playing countries – also in the crosshairs over their involvement.
The repression is even worse now, say many.In this section Netanyahu v the Supreme Court Hizbullah in the crosshairs Worse than Mubarak Après moi, moi More trouble than they're worth?
Half an hour later, the beast leaps to his feet; stiff from the wait, the stalker centres the crosshairs of her rifle on the beast's chest and slips the safety catch only for a jeep to roll directly across the line of fire.
And Elliott Management, a hedge fund, has been lobbying for change at NetApp, a data-storage firm that it thinks could do more to improve returns to shareholders.One reason tech firms have found themselves in activists' crosshairs is that, like Apple, some built up big cash piles during the economic downturn and have been slow to use the money.
So he is entitled to suppress what they call an insurrection.In this section Netanyahu v the Supreme Court Hizbullah in the crosshairs Worse than Mubarak Après moi, moi More trouble than they're worth?
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