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So always check what you are buying and who you are buying it from, and ask about their sales commissions.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026
You know, that list of duties before you check out.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
In industrial settings, inexpensive spectrometers could be installed throughout manufacturing facilities to continuously check material composition and product quality.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026
Dr Schnack says if you have a symptom that is "new, concerning or doesn't go away", it is "responsible health behaviour" to check the NHS website.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
I check my time once I’ve gone a mile, and it’s only been seven minutes and forty-eight seconds.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
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“The club checks so many boxes for our family,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
But as I recently discussed with Prudential’s head of research, David Blanchett, insurance contracts for monthly checks solve a need that people say they want: guaranteed income in retirement.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026
The checks Kao handed over at the dinner added up to about half of the $40,000 he had agreed to raise for the dinner, according to Tongour.
From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026
With some formal firefighter training and background checks, volunteers commit to following fire officials’ orders, helping residents evacuate and putting out spot fires, while leaving the ferocious front-line flames to the professionals.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026
Turing checks the connections on the bombe as he talks.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
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For each cup of pretzels, he uses three cups of chex.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 22, 2020
Eli is making a party mix that contains pretzels and 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
It can’t be because he’s not a pocket passer, checked out of plays, or stoic and cryptic.
From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2026
Teachers scooped up the stragglers and ushered them into the shelter's entrance, while the cleaner scanned the playground, muttering as she checked that no one had been left behind.
From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026
I became conscious of the work my own hip flexors were doing and checked on my travel partner.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
We then manually checked that each report had been assigned to the correct group, leaving us with 300 unique incidents.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
And still we were not allowed to sit: there was a last wait while the matron with maddening deliberateness checked off our documents against a list.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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Don’t even let the money hit your checking account.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026
Other times that’s checking the ball down and not forcing one...
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
They finished by checking the thermal control system, which maintains the temperatures required for the instrument's various components to function correctly.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026
Following extensive manual checking of each incident, we found 300 cases that the military said it was looking into, only 28 of which had outcomes published on the IDF website.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
After checking her over, the male officer walks over and pats my back.
From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell
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