debrief
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Osman asked him if the gloves would be off should the judges get overly critical of the new crop of contestants, and the dancer joked he was "waiting for that judges' debrief".
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
“Flight debrief complete. No reprimands. No firings. No problem,” Cao wrote on social media.
From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026
After the dinner, one senior European official texted their counterparts a one-word debrief: “Phew.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
A chatty debrief on Taylor and Travis’ wedding: We have to hand it to Taylor Swift—it’s a real feat that she managed to keep many details of her Friday wedding to Travis Kelce under wraps.
From Slate ● Jul. 6, 2026
Together they would debrief the Soviet spy in a safe house hidden away in northern Virginia.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
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In another video, the same woman debriefs the experience: “I just blacked out and spent nearly 600 euros at the French pharmacies. So, let’s go through everything I got.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Hardin says the team debriefs after each season to discuss what worked as they develop the next installment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2025
In relation to some objections, he added that to "compare this event with Glastonbury" was not helpful, and that debriefs from the 2023 festival were "very, very positive".
From BBC ● Jan. 19, 2024
“We joked about that,” admitted Reddick’s crew chief, Billy Scott, “that he’s the only one that sits in our debriefs without a win.”
From Washington Times ● Sep. 10, 2023
Seated around the kitchen table, Bonnie gently debriefs them on their mother’s medical and legislative battles.
From New York Times ● Oct. 20, 2022
Earlier this week, senior EU officials debriefed European ambassadors in the glass-paneled Brussels office tower popularly known as “the Space Egg.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
As we debriefed Monday's action, I asked former Olympic figure skating champion Robin Cousins what Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson need to do to win an ice dance medal at the 2026 Winter Olympics.
From BBC ● Feb. 11, 2026
To get a sense of Roche’s new offerings, Guggenheim debriefed Christopher Mason, a computational genomics professor at New York’s Weill Cornell Medicine who had early access to the systems.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2025
LaRosa had exhaustively studied how it might happen safely and ensured everyone was properly debriefed.
From Seattle Times ● May 17, 2024
Sergeant Bloom debriefed us soon after we returned to the Academy.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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Either way, I’m sure there was a debriefing later.
From Salon ● Jan. 23, 2026
Along with their superior speed, the Roche products seem competitive with Illumina’s in accuracy, according to Guggenheim’s report on the debriefing.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2025
"Be careful debriefing use of force in the suite," he said.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2025
“It wasn’t until after the concert, where I was debriefing with my friends and I said, ‘Let’s review the footage, let’s see if it really looks that bad.’
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2025
My interview with Sir John Balliol had to be in the debriefing room—I suppose they do briefings there as well as debriefings, but that’s what everybody calls it.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
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