How to Use hit list in a Sentence
hit list
noun-
In the fifth, Pujols' single moved him past Carew on the all-time hits list.
— Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 13 July 2018 -
And that’s it: my personal hit list of the best bits of Pitti.
— Tom Stubbs, Vogue, 13 June 2023 -
The 42-team hit list includes nine of the 10 Appalachian League teams.
— BostonGlobe.com, 15 Dec. 2019 -
Helping to drive the story are a greatest-hits list worth of Prince songs.
— Daryl H. Miller, latimes.com, 26 Dec. 2017 -
Those who haven’t pulled the trigger on a gift for the outdoors junkie on their hit list had better get to it.
— Matt Williams, Dallas News, 9 Dec. 2022 -
Spots in Switzerland, Tanzania and Brazil are on our hit list for the next 12 months.
— Maureen O'Hare, CNN, 7 Jan. 2023 -
This man was Ebrima’s mentor, and Ebrima, 38, heard that his name was on the hit list.
— Jason Motlagh, Outside Online, 19 July 2016 -
Does this episode have any connection to the hit list described by Michaels?
— Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 8 Aug. 2016 -
Raccoons are on the hit list for mountain lions, as well.
— Matt Williams, Dallas News, 16 Jan. 2021 -
Morantz figured that his own name must be high on Dederich’s hit list.
— Hillel Aron, Los Angeles Magazine, 23 Apr. 2018 -
Yadier Molina moved to fourth on the Cardinals all-time hit list with a pair of singles.
— Steve Overbey, Star Tribune, 1 Aug. 2021 -
For the second year in a row, financial services companies are at the top of the hit list.
— NBC News, 9 Apr. 2018 -
One such post said that anybody that followed the account, or had messaged it, was on their hit list.
— Tandra Smith | Tsmith@al.com, al, 3 Dec. 2021 -
But trade experts say the sheer size of the expansion of the hit list makes the inclusion of consumer goods inevitable.
— Lingling Wei, WSJ, 12 Apr. 2018 -
And then there was the hit list with her name on it, belonging to a man who shot and killed a former Wisconsin judge.
— Ruby Cramer, Washington Post, 9 July 2022 -
His name was added to a militant hit list posted on the streets of Ramadi.
— Faith Karimi, CNN, 7 Oct. 2017 -
Unless, of course, Jon Daniels’ bunch is somewhere down Manfred’s hit list.
— Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 13 Jan. 2020 -
This film clearly marks a new chapter in the Avengers story (or at least the first part of the new chapter), and Iron Man was on a lot of fanboys’ hit lists.
— Bill Goodykoontz, azcentral, 27 Apr. 2018 -
But they were forced to flee last week after appearing on a Russian hit list.
— New York Times, 25 Mar. 2022 -
But those staffers were forced to flee last week after appearing on a Russian hit list.
— Megan Specia, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Mar. 2022 -
Along with the guns, ammunition and hit list, the brothers' owned a 3D printer that was seized by police.
— Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 30 Jan. 2024 -
The same day, another hit list was found, again at Eastern Heights Middle School.
— Madeline Farber, Fox News, 27 Apr. 2018 -
Uhde's alleged hit list had more than a dozen names and was found inside his car outside Roemer's home.
— Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 7 June 2022 -
With only one bird left on their hit list, the two flew to Nebraska in early May to chase down a Merriam’s.
— Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 29 June 2023 -
Prosecutors said the student made a hit list and was planning an attack on Mariemont High School with a man from out of state.
— The Enquirer, 16 Feb. 2024 -
Soon, there were whispers of murders, abductions and hit lists.
— Stephanie Hanes, Washington Post, 2 Apr. 2018 -
In response, Macy’s tried to raise prices of some items on the hit list — luggage, housewares, furniture.
— Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2019 -
And what comes out of the kitchen here, is a greatest-hits list of classic Cuban dishes done well enough to inspire a loyal following.
— Brittany Martin, Los Angeles Magazine, 24 Apr. 2018 -
The Arab slave trade, which ranks as No. 3 on Pinker’s hit list, was an atrocity that too more than a millennium to unfold.
— Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 10 Oct. 2011 -
How about getting broken up with by a secret CIA agent whose enemies have put you on their hit list.
— refinery29.com, 21 Mar. 2018
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