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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
  • Alec Baldwin is on a mission to tell his side of the story from the Rust shooting tragedy.
    — Lauren Huff, EW.com, 19 Dec. 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
  • The man behind decades of hits is on a mission to help families.
    — Kathy A. McDonald, Variety, 12 Dec. 2024
  • 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
  • Jones set out on a mission to find his father and the ancient relic.
    — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 25 Nov. 2024
  • 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
  • This Ohio State team was supposed to be what Michigan was last year: a senior-laden group on a mission.
    — Austin Meek, The Athletic, 1 Dec. 2024
  • 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
  • But the Rams — on a mission to win and also lift the spirits of their devastated hometown — did not flinch Monday night.
    — Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2025
  • But, at least the comedy in this spinoff, which has the black-and-white foursome on a mission to stop an evil octopus supervillain in a kooky James Bond pastiche, works.
    — James Grebey, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2025

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