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The new team faced its first acid test when it played the national champions.
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Liverpool passed acid tests in Milan and Manchester, and are perfect from six Champions League games, only conceding once.
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Liam Tharme, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
That was the acid test that our music was acceptable.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 22 Dec. 2024
Even though the Dead were more known for acid tests than their athletic prowess, Parish recalls that the Dead and their crew occasionally played baseball in the band’s early days.
—Alex Scordelis, Rolling Stone, 14 Sep. 2024
The acid test is the twofold stake Washington has long articulated: that Afghanistan does not become a base for terrorism against the West, or a haven for destabilizing its neighbors.
—Stephen Biddle, Foreign Affairs, 15 Dec. 2011
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Liam Tharme, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
That was the acid test that our music was acceptable.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 22 Dec. 2024
Even though the Dead were more known for acid tests than their athletic prowess, Parish recalls that the Dead and their crew occasionally played baseball in the band’s early days.
—Alex Scordelis, Rolling Stone, 14 Sep. 2024
The acid test is the twofold stake Washington has long articulated: that Afghanistan does not become a base for terrorism against the West, or a haven for destabilizing its neighbors.
—Stephen Biddle, Foreign Affairs, 15 Dec. 2011
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“Acid test.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/acid%20test. Accessed 15 Jan. 2025.
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