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Recent Examples of trial run
After a short trial run at the start of the season, the players asked him to dial things back.
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Eric Nehm, The Athletic, 26 July 2024
The answer suddenly appeared Friday afternoon when Lester showed up in the Wrigley Field press box dressed in a suit and tie, beginning a trial run as an analyst for Marquee Sports Network.
—Patrick Mooney, The Athletic, 21 July 2024
Once the sniffer rats had mastered their contraband-detecting behaviors in a laboratory setting, researchers took them out into the real world for a trial run.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Oct. 2024
Our trial run at the indoor ski school near our house ended in tears, and my attempts to shepherd her down the bunny slope using a hula hoop was also a disaster.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 30 Oct. 2024
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Eric Nehm, The Athletic, 26 July 2024
The answer suddenly appeared Friday afternoon when Lester showed up in the Wrigley Field press box dressed in a suit and tie, beginning a trial run as an analyst for Marquee Sports Network.
—Patrick Mooney, The Athletic, 21 July 2024
Once the sniffer rats had mastered their contraband-detecting behaviors in a laboratory setting, researchers took them out into the real world for a trial run.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Oct. 2024
Our trial run at the indoor ski school near our house ended in tears, and my attempts to shepherd her down the bunny slope using a hula hoop was also a disaster.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 30 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trial run
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The final easily visible such occultation of until 2036, The Virtual Telescope Project will host an online observation from 17:15-18:30 UTC (12:15-1:30 p.m. EST).Jamie Carter, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
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Here are three observations from Saturday’s 81-66 victory over UMES.Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 29 Dec. 2024
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Changes for Flight 7 SpaceX has already conducted some pre-launch checkouts on the seventh Starship vehicle, whose target launch date has not yet been announced.Mike Wall, Space.com, 31 Dec. 2024
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In retail, robots can guide shoppers, answer questions and assist with checkouts, improving customer satisfaction while allowing staff to manage more complex responsibilities.Greg Ombach, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
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In early 2020, Patek Philippe, regarded by watch collectors as the finest watchmaker in the world, opened a state-of-the-art facility in Plan-les-Ouates, the industrial suburb of Geneva that also is home to Rolex, Vacheron Constantin, Piaget, and other luxury watch factories.Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 23 Dec. 2024
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Housing reports have been and will continue to be a key watch item for investors given that shelter cost inflation has proven extremely sticky and a key source of upward pressure on inflation, which is in turn keeping rates elevated.Zev Fima, CNBC, 22 Dec. 2024
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The suspect, dressed in a hooded sweatshirt and face covering, was seen on surveillance footage planting the two pipe bombs the night before the election certification was set to take place at the U.S. Capitol.Ashley Oliver, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 2 Jan. 2025
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What To Know Authorities had relied on forensics and video surveillance to identify the victim, who died after being set on fire inside a Brooklyn subway car.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 1 Jan. 2025
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Crews are doing rechecks and searching offshore, because many people fled the flames by plunging into the ocean.Harold Maass, The Week, 26 Aug. 2023
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Price is ahead of schedule with his rehab and due in town for a medical recheck this week.Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 13 Mar. 2023
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The research is described in a paper that was recently published in the journal Science Robotics.Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 23 Dec. 2024
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Organizations can designate a digital wellness officer or task force to maximize the impact of research and implement mental health platforms.Dr. Ritu Goel, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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League and Drafthouse staffers have been busy transferring the 50,000 movies to thin sleeves, which will be stocked in cabinets in the theater’s front hallway for perusal.Eric Webb, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Feb. 2024
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Below are some of my very favorites and top performers at a wide variety of price points for your perusal.Ryan Waniata, WIRED, 8 Nov. 2024
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If Kessler syndrome becomes severe enough, the phenomenon could potentially limit space exploration activities to some extent by making the launch and safe navigation of spacecraft through the debris field challenging.David Faris, Newsweek, 28 Dec. 2024
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The agency uses the island to test vehicles and other technology related to planetary exploration.Kate S. Petersen, USA TODAY, 27 Dec. 2024
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“Trial run.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trial%20run. Accessed 6 Jan. 2025.
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