check
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When Esther Lopez went to her son’s bedroom to check if he was hungry, she found him slumped over on a table, cold to the touch.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
So it was the site of an event with the president and much of his cabinet, but also…a hotel that anyone could check into.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
She said she could not sleep at all and was waking up every hour to check the fire's progress.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
The average check is $2,000 a month, and, while that’s a lot of money to some people, it’s going to make for a modest retirement after paying for rent, utilities, food and transportation.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026
“I’m going to check on Harlow,” I whisper to Emma.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
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Picking up the pace is a worthy goal, he said, but that would mean beefing up the workforce, disrupting traffic and commerce with more street closures, and asking customers to write bigger checks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
The assistant chief constable insisted the vetting landscape in Police Scotland is "markedly different" to when Greer joined Strathclyde Police in 2009, and that Greer would not pass vetting checks today.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
These checks are intended to protect the Artemis III astronauts while they remain inside Orion during both docking tests.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 23, 2026
“Obsession” is a pulpy, prodigious summer hit that checks boxes without posing any new questions.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026
The countdown kept stopping as technicians made final checks.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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How many cups of pretzels and how many cups of chex does he need to make 12 cups of party mix?
From Textbooks ● Apr. 22, 2020
Eli is making a party mix that contains pretzels and chex.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 22, 2020
For each cup of pretzels, he uses three cups of chex.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 22, 2020
Having driven to a safe distance, "I pulled over, and I was just in shock and started to shake", he said, although he was reassured after an ambulance crew checked him over.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
"We had already packed suitcases just in case, but they gave us only two minutes and carefully checked that nobody was still inside the house," she said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026
Last year, he checked into a psychiatric facility, his half-sister said, and seemed to be doing well.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
The Blue Origin spacecraft will follow a planned trajectory into a designated "parking" orbit, where its systems can be checked.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 23, 2026
“He’s never taken part in a swim meet, never been a top flyer. Probably never tore his rotator cuff. Trust me, I checked and double-checked. My friend Libby did, too. They’re all lies.”
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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His neighbor, Lucksana Tohtrakarn, 67, began checking in on Aran when she realized his family never stopped by.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
He had been checking on a pizza delivery for him and his father Will Robbins.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
I had no idea everyone else on our team was offering our manager updates once or twice a day — meanwhile, I was checking in with her once a week.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
He said Homeland Security arrived at those numbers by checking the four states’ public voter records.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
“I was just checking to see if you’d left yet,” she said, not looking directly at him.
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
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