58 Sentences With "failing to hit" | Random Sentence Generator

Or, in Corvus' case, failing to hit an armed guard with a wrench.

In April, Tesla was getting hammered for failing to hit its production goal of 2,33 Model 3s.

Why is the US killing so many ISIS deputies while somehow failing to hit leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi?

Some think the deal looks suspiciously like a bail-out for SolarCity, which has been losing money and failing to hit targets.

Holger Mueller, an analyst with Constellation Research says failing to hit guidance is always going to hurt a company with Wall Street.

Boston College trailed 31-30 at halftime, failing to hit any field goals in the final 3:08 of the first half.

An off-duty Border Patrol agent inside the synagogue shot at the suspect, failing to hit him but striking his car, he said.

Avoid what phlebotomists call ''fishing,'' or digging under the skin with your needle after failing to hit your target on the first try.

If it missed, by failing to hit a particular inflation target, for instance, it should lay out a complete case for why that happened.

Still, the sting of failing to hit financial goals has been the source of particular consternation inside the campaign, people familiar with the operation said.

The MEP said the other cities failing to hit targets were: Jincheng and Changzhi in Shanxi province; Jining and Heze in Shandong; and Kaifeng, Puyang and Zhengzhou in Henan.

An analysis of the industry recently singled out the high-end handset as the top selling phone for the holidays, in spite of failing to hit some industry goals.

Liverpool has been accused of failing to hit the heights of last year, when it reached the Champions League final and appeared uncontrollable, at times, in the Premier League.

Center forward Haris Seferovic was most at fault, failing to hit the target with two first-half headed chances and a late shot that was lofted high over the goal.

Due to onerous administrative requirements, two-fifths of the providers who participated in the CMS Electronic Health Records Incentive Program were penalized in 2016 for failing to hit meaningful use targets.

In parks all around the world, you'll still occasionally hear a youth armed with an acoustic guitar trying (and often failing) to hit those high notes from the song's last chorus.

Forward Rick Nash is having trouble getting involved in the offense since sitting out 20 games with a bone bruise in his leg, failing to hit the scoresheet in all four contests.

When workers were offered contracts that penalised them for failing to hit performance targets, those who struggled to stay on-task disproportionately accepted, and achieved big gains in output and pay as a result.

The report indicates that the world is failing to hit the targets laid out in the Paris Agreement, which aims to keep global warming below 2 degrees Celsius by the end of the century.

While he was mostly cheered by the crowd on Friday night, there were moments where he was booed lustily — once after missing a 3-pointer, another time after failing to hit a turnaround jump shot.

City Opera had planned to open this season with Robert Ward's opera "The Crucible," but it canceled the production as part of its efforts to halve the year's operating budget after failing to hit fund-raising targets.

Blockchain media startup Civil recently announced a $1 million fund for Asia, although it remains to be seen if that will go ahead since the company canceled its ICO after failing to hit its $8 million minimum target.

Hicks, who was activated when Clint Frazier (oblique) was put on the disabled list, was hitless in five at-bats, failing to hit the ball out of the infield and having his bat shattered by Estrada's final pitch.

Because let's be honest here: there is a relative dearth of good British pop groups at the moment, with acts like WSTRN being little more than a label-assisted collection of songwriters, groups like M.O failing to hit the mark.

Failing to hit its projections in its first few quarters as a public company would trigger shareholder lawsuits and cripple Spotify's ability to raise further capital, said Steve London, a partner in the securities practice of law firm Pepper Hamilton.

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Flush with cash and weapons, Islamic State is attracting huge numbers of foreign fighters to Iraq and Syria and withstanding U.S.-led air strikes that are failing to hit the right targets, a powerful Iraqi Shi'ite paramilitary leader told Reuters in an interview.

ET, Fox Sports 1 ABOUT GEORGETOWN (12-10, 11-6 Big East): In dire need of a fourth option, the Hoyas were relying on sophomore Marcus Derrickson, who managed six straight games in double figures before failing to hit the mark in the last five contests.

This might seem to be various shades of irrelevant: the Brooklyn Dodgers no longer exist and at the moment the Reds barely do, either; Sam Crane played a grand total of 174 games in the majors and did very little to distinguish himself in that time, failing to hit even a single home run.

Wii Play also features a simplified nine-ball game of rotation pool. In the game, the player uses the Wii Remote like a cue stick to strike the (which can be hit at different angles in order to add or execute ); the player can also toggle the in-game camera angle between a top-down view and a view from behind the cue ball. The game ends when all have been pocketed. It is possible to be in-game by failing to hit the lowest-numbered ball first, failing to hit any balls, the cue ball, or shooting the cue ball off of the table; fouling causes the player to lose three points regardless of game mode.

Kiko is a baseball player who leads a team of joeys at the baseball diamond. Their opponents are a team consists of various other animals. The other team is first to bat. Their first batter, an ostrich, is out immediately after failing to hit the ball three times in a row.

Partridge signed for Sheffield Wednesday on a free transfer on 29 July 2005. However, on 4 May 2006, it was announced that, after failing to hit a consistent run of form, his contract would not be renewed upon expiry at the end of the season. He scored once for Wednesday, in a League Cup tie with Stockport County.

292 with 14 RBIs in the month of April but failing to hit a single home run. At the conclusion of the 2011 season, Nakajima was posted to Major League Baseball. The New York Yankees won the posting with a $2 million bid. Nakajima and the Yankees failed to reach an agreement on a contract, and Nakajima remained with Seibu.

Without it, Serbian territorial gains in eastern Slavonia were threatened. The unexpectedly fierce defence of the town against a much larger army inspired talk of a "Croatian Stalingrad". Increasing losses and complaints from the Croatian public for failing to hit back compelled Tuđman to act. He ordered the Croatian National Guard to surround JNA army bases, thus starting the Battle of the Barracks.

She did not stand for re-election in 2016. She has served as Health spokeswoman for the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party and on her resignation was their spokesman for Communities. In her capacity as Health spokeswoman, she has called for single vaccine alternatives to the MMR vaccine.Uptake of MMR vaccine failing to hit target level Scanlon was the-then Conservative spokesperson for Education and Lifelong Learning.

Mukombe's first experience with composing music was during his early years of high school. He started to record dancehall and reggae tracks with his friends with some tracks creating a vibe in the suburb, but failing to hit the national music scene. He later recorded contemporary music and afro jazztracks with DJ Thando and other local producers, releasing singles such as "Sorry Mama" and "Seiko". He started his career in 2005.

On April 19, 1933, Blue was signed as a free agent by the Brooklyn Dodgers. He appeared in only one game for the Dodgers on April 25, 1933, failing to hit in a single plate appearance. He was released by the Dodgers on April 29, 1933. Blue played 13 seasons in the major leagues and compiled a career batting average of .287 and a career on-base percentage of .402.

Barletta was born January 28, 1956, in Hazleton, Pennsylvania, the son of Angeline (née Agosti) and Rocco Barletta, both of Italian ancestry. After graduating from high school, he attended Luzerne County Community College and Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania. He left college early and made an unsuccessful tryout for the Cincinnati Reds baseball team, having been cut after failing to hit a curveball. Barletta then went to work for his family's construction and heating oil business.

On May 18, 1945, Olmo became the second player (Del Bissonette on April 21, 1930 was the first) in Major League history to hit a bases-loaded triple and a bases-loaded home run (grand slam) in the same game. He added a single for good measure, only failing to hit a double to complete the cycle. In that season, he led the league in triples (13) and reached career-high numbers in batting average (.

At that same time, Yugiri radioed Hashimoto that "The enemy is two destroyers" so she had spotted Vampire as she fled, although Yugiri lost sight of Vampire 10 minutes later. Sendai, Fubuki, Asagiri, Amagiri, Hatsuyuki and W-1 all subsequently opened fire, mostly at Thanet, although Vampire reported being under fire for a considerable time. All told, the Japanese ships fired 469 rounds at the Allied destroyers, failing to hit Vampire even once.

Bangura then made his next appearance against Atlético Madrid in the Europa League group stage, coming on as a 75th- minute substitute. His first start for the club came on 29 September in a 1–1 draw with Italian side Udinese. He endured a nightmare start at Celtic after failing to hit a single first-team goal and falling out of favour as manager Neil Lennon preferred strikers Gary Hooper, Anthony Stokes and Georgios Samaras in the first team.

"Living in a Dream" is the first single from Canadian alternative rock band Finger Eleven's sixth album, Life Turns Electric. It was released in August 2010. This song, along with "Paralyzer" from their last album, has a "dance- rock" feel to the track. The song failed to be as big a hit internationally as the last album's lead single, "Paralyzer" was, failing to hit the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States and reaching the top five on any rock format.

This included Drowned in Sound who criticised the record for failing to, "hit the heights it aims for". Nevertheless, during the week of its release it was featured as 'Album of the Week' on Zane Lowe's popular BBC Radio 1 evening show. Lowe himself described the music as, "super exciting new Rock n Roll for a new decade". Their music has been compared to contemporary American bands such as Grandaddy and The Flaming Lips, Scottish bands such as The Beta Band, and 70s prog-rock band Pink Floyd.

The next fight came 3 months later where Meershaert took on Herbert Goodman, the former Green Bay Packers football player, defending his Wisconsin Middleweight title on Combat USA: Wisconsin State Finals. Meersheart lost the fight via rear-naked choke on round one when he was takendown by Goodman after failing to hit Goodman with his left overhand, giving his back to Goodman where Goodman managed to sink a rear-naked choke. Six months later, Meershaert went on to join Rogue Warrior Championship 3 competition on the welterweight fight on September 6, 2011.

Needing one victory to advance to the championship game for the third consecutive year, LSU fell twice to USC, failing to hit a home run in either game. USC and Pac-10 rival Arizona St. set numerous offensive records in the championship game, won by the Trojans 21–14. Prior to the 1999 season, the NCAA adopted restrictions on aluminum bats, requiring the difference between the length and weight ("drop") of the bat to be no more than three (e.g. a 34-inch bat could not weigh less than 31 ounces).

Andy Bernard (Ed Helms) finds himself attracted to Julia, a female potential client who is talking with Stanley Hudson (Leslie David Baker). Andy repeatedly acts awkwardly in front of Julia and accidentally sets off her car alarm while trying to look inside and find out what music she likes. After failing to hit on her by singing to the tune of Feist's "1234", Andy admits his attraction to her to Stanley, who then gives the potential client over to Andy in exchange for two of his clients. After walking her out to the car, Andy tries to kiss her, but is immediately rebuked.

The final day started poorly for England; after failing to hit a leg stump full toss for a boundary from the first ball of the day,O'Reilly, p. 79. Compton edged Johnston to a diving Miller at second slip from the second ball of the morning. Compton had aimed a square drive, but the delivery was Johnston's variation ball, which went away instead of into the batsman. It took the outside edge and flew to a diving Miller, who knocked the ball upwards before falling on his back and completing the catch as the ball went down.Fingleton, p. 122.

At least one shell struck the 16th-century San José Church. All the damaged civilian structures were adjacent to Morro castle, which meant that any round failing to hit the castle would most likely hit the town accidentally. The U.S. warships maneuvered in circular motions, firing from both their port and starboard guns. Once Morro seemed to be considerably damaged, Sampson ordered his fleet to begin bombarding Fort San Cristóbal, the Spanish Ballaja Barracks, a small sea fort, El Cañuelo, which appears from Spanish records to have been unarmed and unoccupied, and a battery known as San Carlos.

Hashidate was rushed into service just prior to the start of the First Sino- Japanese War and saw combat in the Battle of the Yalu River under the command of Commander Hidaka Sōnojō. Assigned in fourth place in the Japanese line of battle, after Matsushima, and Itsukushima, the shortcomings of her design soon became evident. During the battle, she was able to fire her Canet gun only four times, failing to hit any of the Chinese ships.Paine, The Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895: Perception, Power, and Primacy page 133-134 After Matsushima was damaged, Hashidate became flagship for Admiral Itō Sukeyuki.

Production took place at Fox Studios Baja Peninsula facilities and on locations in nearby Rosarito, Mexico. The pilot episode premiered on March 28, 2003, and broke records for the Sci-Fi Channel, becoming the highest-rated pilot episode in terms of views and one of the most-watched events in the history of the channel. While the show would continue to perform well, the amount of views per episode drastically declined over the ensuing months, failing to hit Farscape's projected prime time air slot demographic numbers and was eventually deemed too expensive to continue. Tremors was canceled after one half-season of 13 episodes.

Pariž declares how, in the times when Troy still "stood on ships", a woman breastfeeding him fell asleep and had a vision of Troy in flames because of a child "born on the day the mares were taken to the field to be fertilized by the wind". After realizing it is Pariž, the Trojans decide to kill him, but the sailor who is ordered to do it is bribed and Pariž is saved. Years later, Pariž's father Primuž (Priam) is hunting. After failing to hit a deer from his crossbow, he turns to an "unfortunate and unworthy" way to catch the deer: he prays in order to "tie his prey with his prayer".

The 2006 United States Open Championship was the 106th U.S. Open, held June 15–18 at Winged Foot Golf Club West Course in Mamaroneck, New York, a suburb northeast of New York City. Geoff Ogilvy won his only major title by one stroke in one of the wildest finishes in U.S. Open He made clutch pars on the final two holes, including a chip-in on 17. Runners-up Jim Furyk, Colin Montgomerie, and Phil Mickelson all failed to par the 72nd hole. In the final pairing and seeking his third straight major championship, Mickelson double- bogeyed the final hole after hitting driver off the tee and failing to hit the fairway.

The U.S. warships involved were the 7th Fleet flagship, guided missile cruiser , the guided missile frigate , and destroyers and . The American warships operating in the Gulf of Tonkin were shelling North Vietnamese coastal targets around Đồng Hới, Quảng Bình Province, North Central Coast region near the DMZ along the 17th parallel, the provisional borderline between South Vietnam and North Vietnam when they were attacked by VPAF MiGs in the first air attack on U.S. naval forces in the Vietnam War. At approximately 17:00, USS Sterett detected three hostile aircraft approaching the navy ships. One of the MiG-17s scored a direct hit on USS Higbee with a BETAB-250 () bomb, after failing to hit its target twice on two previous attack runs.

Empowering patients and giving them control over their situation so that they understand when they're making their health choices, to me it's a no-brainer.’ The NHS England National Information Board produced a document Personalised Health and Care 2020, in November 2014 outlining plans for patients to be able to add comments into their care records from March 2018 and for NHS regulators to take action against trusts failing to hit new technology targets. It was enthusiastically supported by Lord Darzi who argued that interested patients and carers, especially those accustomed to self-management of their condition, should take the lead in creating apps and other means of accessing records that are customised to the needs of patient groups. Progress has been slow and patchy.

Peeking inside, he sees Jerry's well-furnished home and reaches in to grab him; when he over- stretches his arm around the marble pillars, it snaps back and smacks him in the face. Next, Tom tries to enter the Acropolis and chase Jerry, only to be thrown out because there is a sign that says "No Cats Allowed." After failing to hit Jerry with a catapult, he successfully sneaks in when a statue's head falls onto his own, but has to keep hiding from the guards, accidentally knocking the arms off the Venus de Milo sculpture in the process (thus giving it its current appearance). Jerry gets the better of him several more times, tricks him into jumping on a chariot, and unhooks the horses, leaving Tom to careen down the front steps.

Line controls how much room the batsman has to play various shots, and sometimes dictates what shot he must play. A line directed at the wicket, for example, must be defended with the bat, as failing to hit the ball will result in the batsman being out bowled, whilst a batsman blocking the ball with the body is likely to be out leg before wicket. Despite this most direct method of getting the batsman out, bowlers often concentrate their line outside off stump, where the batsman does not necessarily have to hit the ball to avoid being out. A line just outside off stump, sometimes referred to as the corridor of uncertainty, may cause the batsman to be in two minds whether or not he needs to hit the ball to prevent it hitting his wicket.

There are reports that many parents make mistakes when filling out the FAFSA information, and mistakes include failing to hit the "submit" button, visiting an incorrect FAFSA website,Note: there are impostor websites similar to the official government website, sometimes asking for fees; the official FAFSA website is free; see FAFSA for further information leaving some fields blank instead of properly entering a zero, spelling names or entering social security numbers or estimating tax data incorrectly. Since FAFSA formulas assume 20% of a student's assets can be used for college expenses as opposed to 6% of a parent's assets, advisors recommend moving funds from student to parent accounts before filing the FAFSA, including moving funds to a parent- controlled 529 plan tax-advantaged account. Filing taxes early is recommended, but using estimates for FAFSA from previous years is possible provided the numbers are updated later after taxes are filed. There are no fees for applying on the FAFSA site.

As of 2012, the firm had an annual revenue of approximately US$831.8 million and offices on Manhattan's York Avenue and London's New Bond Street. In 2011, Noortman's Amsterdam space was closed and the gallery moved to London.Georgina Adams (15 November 2013), The Art Market: records tumble in $1.1bn New York auction spree Financial Times.Charlotte Burns and Gareth Harris (5 December 2011), Noortman posts a loss after failing to hit Sotheby's targets The Art Newspaper. Two years later, Sotheby's closed Noortmans, after having written down $8.3 million of inventory and started selling off lower-valued works of art through other auction houses. As of 2011, Sotheby's is present in over 90 locations in 40 countries. In 2012, the company signed a 10-year joint-venture agreement to form Sotheby's (Beijing) Auction Co. Ltd., the first international auction house in China; under the agreement, it invested $1.2 million to take an 80 percent stake in the venture with state-owned Beijing Gehua Cultural Development Group.Frederik Balfour and Scott Reyburn (21 September 2012), Sotheby's Agrees Joint Venture for Auction House in China Bloomberg.

She also had 56 hits with 44 runs and 56 walks to her credit. Dottie Schroeder getting a hit- Opa-locka, Florida on April 22, 1948 In 1944 Schroeder stole 70 bases. Failing to hit .200 in each of her first six seasons and totalling four home runs in that time, she became a fine hitter with power in her later years after the league switched to overhand pitching. From 1949 through 1954 she hit a combined .242 average (509-for-2095); tying for third place with five home runs in 1950, and finishing fourth in 1951 with four homers. In 1952, she was again fourth with six dingers and her average raised to .245, while earning her first of three consecutive selections to the AAGPBL All-Star Team. In 1953, Schroeder saw her average climb to .285 and tied for fourth with six home runs. She also was named the Most Valuable Player of the Daisies, after helping her team to win the regular season title with a 67–42 mark. But after an exciting series, Jean Faut led the South Bend club to win the Championship Title. Schroeder enjoyed her most productive season in 1954, when she posted career-highs with .304, 17 homers and 65 runs batted in.