How to Use on a mission in a Sentence
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The bot now has to embark on a mission to find all the pieces.
— Nick Romano, EW.com, 30 May 2024 -
In fact, on Monday, the soon-to-be fourth-year guard looked like a man on a mission.
— Mat Issa, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024 -
Often, the husband would be away on a mission, and the wife had to handle the walk-in.
— TIME, 18 Oct. 2023 -
Two artists in Rome: travelers, Spaniards, on a mission to learn from the best and buy for the king.
— Jason Farago, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2023 -
Busta is on a mission to bulk up; 50 aims to drop more body fat.
— Bonsu Thompson, Men's Health, 1 Aug. 2023 -
The soon-to-be 85-year-old remains on a mission to share the benefits of dance.
— Emmett Hall, Sun Sentinel, 24 Mar. 2023 -
Since then, the 6-foot-2 junior has been on a mission to showcase her skills.
— Bobby Narang, Chicago Tribune, 10 Jan. 2023 -
The bull charges out of the metal door, dark brown, 400 kilos of mass on a mission to destroy.
— Toby Muse, Rolling Stone, 3 Mar. 2024 -
Simone Biles is on a mission for her younger self at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris!
— Esme Mazzeo, Peoplemag, 27 July 2024 -
The game follows Leon on a mission to a rural village in Spain.
— George Yang, Variety, 17 Mar. 2023 -
Ravee Chen is on a mission to solve a problem many of us know too well—hangovers.
— Kody Boye, USA TODAY, 7 Aug. 2024 -
The book follows Rick Deckard, a bounty hunter on a mission to kill a group of rogue androids.
— Theara Coleman, The Week, 26 June 2023 -
Cincinnati will come to Kansas City on a mission and win.
— The Enquirer, 8 Sep. 2023 -
Tatum looks to be on a mission and the Celtics have a great chance at redemption from last season.
— Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 15 May 2023 -
In 1981, Saucony went on a mission to create the arguably best running shoes.
— Men's Health, 28 Mar. 2023 -
Deadpool and Wolverine set off on a mission that will forever change the course of the MCU.
— Diego Ramos Bechara, Variety, 24 July 2024 -
Every brand has been on a mission to reinvent the sweet, simple shoe.
— Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 25 Aug. 2023 -
The commissioner is on a mission to convince the right investors to back the league, for the right reasons.
— Paolo Confino, Fortune, 5 May 2023 -
In more ways than one, Brittany Hampton is on a mission.
— Ruth Etiesit Samuel, Essence, 8 Oct. 2024 -
This shot was taken while on a mission in the backcountry of New Zealand.
— Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 13 Dec. 2023 -
His plane went down while on a mission over Nanchang, China.
— Brad Lendon, CNN, 10 Mar. 2023 -
Mantz served a mission in Ghana, while Young spent two years on a mission in North Carolina.
— Ben Church, CNN, 13 Mar. 2024 -
Kim Kardashian and her $4 billion fashion brand, Skims, are on a mission to take over the world.
— Vogue, 2 Nov. 2023 -
On the run-up to the convention, Roosevelt sent Wallace on a mission to the Soviet Union.
— Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 4 Aug. 2024 -
For its part, American has been on a mission to overhaul its lounges across the United States.
— Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 24 June 2024 -
The brand has been on a mission to double the number of women and triple the number of women of color in STEM careers by 2030.
— Jessica Cruel, Allure, 22 Aug. 2023 -
The obvious answer is that Wawa is on a mission to stretch the boundaries of what a convenience store can be.
— Tim Carman, Washington Post, 16 Oct. 2023 -
However, this feels like a group of players on a mission to give Messi the perfect send off.
— Matias Grez, CNN, 14 July 2024 -
Like it or not, Google is on a mission to make Android more like iPhone, which means ridding the platform of the dangerous apps that continue to plague its users.
— Zak Doffman, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024 -
That set The Athletic on a mission to find out just how many of the sealed crustless peanut butter and jelly sandwiches get eaten by the league each year.
— Erin Clack, People.com, 27 Oct. 2024
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