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This is the sort of due diligence any company would do before paying out a check to a supplier.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency has a unit that carries out surveillance of retailers to check they're complying with the law.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
“We didn’t check a box. We made a mistake,” she said, adding that the nonprofit is undergoing an audit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
I consulted a co-worker about why I was being asked to check in more.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
‘I’ll check out the rest of the place, see if it’s been put somewhere else.’
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
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“Obsession” is a pulpy, prodigious summer hit that checks boxes without posing any new questions.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026
Before joining the platforms, workers undergo background checks, including police verification.
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
Furthermore, its product compliance checks could be "easily circumvented".
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
“As pressure builds, crews will again perform targeted leak checks to confirm every section of pipe, both new and existing, is stable and performing as expected,” the utility department said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
The Titans pitcher checks Luis and fires the pitch.
From "A High Five for Glenn Burke" by Phil Bildner
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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
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
Jenny Lin, a senior product designer who lives in San Francisco, said that AI content still needs to be checked by humans.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
The simulations produced solutions that aligned with theoretical predictions and performed well on smaller problems where the correct answers could be checked.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 20, 2026
Hegseth, 46 years old, said soldiers under 30 can volunteer to get their testosterone levels checked.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
In the past, long queues formed at the border as documents were checked, particularly during periods of strained relations between Britain and Spain over Gibraltar's sovereignty.
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
I checked to see that my feet were still setting on the floor, because it felt like I was falling down a hole that had opened up right underneath me.
From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan
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Two years ago, rushing to finish a slide for a sermon on a South Pacific missionary, he dropped in an AI-generated image without checking it closely.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
The first time she became pregnant early last year, she kept checking her app every morning.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
He said Homeland Security arrived at those numbers by checking the four states’ public voter records.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
They have already started checking in at the Glasgow Caledonian University campus which is doubling as the registration centre for the Games.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026
Coal kept on searching, opening files, reading and checking everything now that he knew she might be there, somewhere.
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
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