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She's been floating trial balloons about a possible run for Congress.
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These are the stories that resonate now, the innovations that feel fresh, the trial balloons for where the art form is headed.
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Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
But every single initiative that the new president has put forward toward North Korea, the North Koreans have popped those trial balloons.
—Foreign Affairs, 10 Aug. 2017
Vehicles the company bet its future on are a strange place for a trial balloon.
—Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 8 Oct. 2024
The source disputed speculation that Trump nominated Gaetz as a trial balloon to draw scrutiny away from other controversial picks, such as Hegseth, Kennedy or former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (Hawaii), who will be nominated to serve as director of national intelligence.
—Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 20 Nov. 2024
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Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
But every single initiative that the new president has put forward toward North Korea, the North Koreans have popped those trial balloons.
—Foreign Affairs, 10 Aug. 2017
Vehicles the company bet its future on are a strange place for a trial balloon.
—Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 8 Oct. 2024
The source disputed speculation that Trump nominated Gaetz as a trial balloon to draw scrutiny away from other controversial picks, such as Hegseth, Kennedy or former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (Hawaii), who will be nominated to serve as director of national intelligence.
—Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 20 Nov. 2024
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“Trial balloon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trial%20balloon. Accessed 27 Dec. 2024.
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