Sentence examples for something of a target from inspiring English sources

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But in the past year, Rodriguez has clearly become something of a target for people trying to sell sports books.

His top-dog status this year, his 10th in first place in popularity ratings, made him something of a target.

"What happened in Guinea was extreme in terms of its violence and cruelty," said Princeton N. Lyman, a former American diplomat in Africa who is now at the Council on Foreign Relations, so China could become "something of a target in a way they haven't been for some time".

The hype surrounding the club has also put something of a target on the backs of the Cubs, but Maddon doesn't mind.

One thing that the reassessments did not take into account is that the market value of a home depends in part on how much tax it pays, making the assessment rolls something of a moving target.

The elephant in what was a pretty happy room is what now happens to local authority funding, as the arts and museums have proved something of a soft target for cash-strapped councils.

But if "Worlds at War" is hard to put down, it's also hard to pin down; almost to the end, its thesis is something of a moving target.

Over the years, Gervais's relationship with other celebrities and his own celebrity status has been something of a moving target, the source of much comedy and, occasionally, some authentic discomfort.

That seems to be something of a moving target.

The view is thus something of a "moving target".