double-check
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Just double-check that the spot it chooses is actually open — AI chatbots don’t always use the most up-to-date information.
From MarketWatch ● May 19, 2026
The first time he put the camera behind a row of fans, I had to look over the edge of my 3D glasses to double-check that those waving arms weren’t really in my theater.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2026
It means bad AI output compounded by lazy humans who can’t be troubled to double-check.
From Barron's ● May 6, 2026
Brockman asked Dario to double-check a fact on one of his slides for an important meeting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 28, 2026
“After we clean up I better head out to the jobsite and double-check to make sure everything’s tied down and covered. Want to come?”
From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith
Then he double-checks my claim, asking: “The court hadn’t said it in Students for Fair Admissions?”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Even though she has filters set up, Tabacnic always double-checks to make sure her matches are actually where the dating app says they are.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 3, 2026
And someone on a hydraulic lift double-checks each hanging fixture.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 2024
That’s why a music conductor I know always double-checks with himself just before he hears “maestro to the pit” and must head to the podium to conduct an opera.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 2, 2021
Far up a third climb, Werner unfolds the map and double-checks his bearings with a compass.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
After hearing its predictions for the Sweet 16 round I double-checked the data.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 18, 2026
She added: "I double-checked I locked the door. I couldn't work out how he was in my room because I did everything that I would deem to be correct when you stay in a hotel."
From BBC ● Mar. 5, 2026
A few years ago you might have double-checked that stat.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 20, 2026
The film’s access coordinator Chantelle Nassari also equipped Bode with a fully accessible trailer, double-checked the day’s pathways and ensured the actor had what she needed to be able to perform.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2024
Yesterday, when his father had been taking his afternoon nap, Fadi had double-checked the trunk from the inside, making sure the safety release worked properly.
From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai
A weekday morning on the South Side, kids waiting for the No. 3 King Drive bus to get to school, parents double-checking backpacks and lunch bags while helicopters churn the sky above.
From Slate ● Aug. 25, 2025
They recommend double-checking ingredients or working with a doctor or healthcare professional to choose the prenatal supplement.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 21, 2024
The state appears to have presented a figure without fully explaining its methodology or double-checking the information, said Becker, who is a former senior trial attorney in the voting section of the U.S.
From Salon ● Oct. 15, 2024
For him, grappling with the problem properly will involve training people to be more critical about the content they are consuming, including viewing everything with "a healthy scepticism", and double-checking sources.
From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2024
Every engineer and mathematician had a story of double-checking the machines’ data only to find errors.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
