rehearse
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As part of the operation, the carrier will rehearse how an Allied naval force would operate together in the event of a crisis, the Navy said.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
Many job seekers are employing artificial intelligence to rehearse asking for a higher salary by using large language models like Claude or ChatGPT to practice a mock negotiation.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
It’s like watching stage actors rehearse the same lines they recite every night.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026
The students rehearse their choreography before a mirror even before class starts, and many of them use rest breaks to ask friends for help to correct their steps.
From Barron's ● May 5, 2026
“We have a big day tomorrow, folks. We’ll be taking the dogs over to the Wilford station to rehearse the train-jumping scene. Go home. Get some rest!”
From "Dog Squad" by Chris Grabenstein
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She rehearses obsessively at home, cueing up a song, then running into an adjacent room to sing, so she can't cheat on the mixes.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2025
Now, this documentary is taking viewers behind the scenes with the playwright Jeremy O. Harris as he workshops and rehearses, before ultimately bringing the play to the big stage.
From New York Times ● Jun. 17, 2024
Take an American ballerina, clad in shimmering white, caught in a blur of revolving motion as she rehearses in China.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 4, 2023
Alone on his couch, he rehearses the litany of troubles that have led him there.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2023
He rehearses in his head the argument he will present to his sister.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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It found no evidence that the staff in the unit had been trained or had ever rehearsed how to evacuate the ward of newborns, many of whom were premature or "medically fragile".
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
A British-born veteran of Vietnam, he concluded after the 1993 bombing that the terrorists would return, and he rigorously rehearsed evacuation plans.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
“The first time I rehearsed with handlesticks, I got maybe a quarter through the number and I said, ‘This is impossible.’”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
"Testing an AI agent is less like checking code and more like handling a hazardous material: sealed rooms, constant monitoring of what leaves the building, a rehearsed containment plan," he said.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
I’d rehearsed the question so I wouldn’t sound like I was about to cry.
From "It All Comes Down to This" by Karen English
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The US military honor guard has been rehearsing and the new White House helipad is ready.
From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026
There’s a semi-out culture in which Jordan and Eddy are rehearsing for a performance of John Herbert’s 1967 gay prison play, “Fortune and Men’s Eyes.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
Avery, 15, and 14-year-old Manas and their band The Ladies-Men have been rehearsing at the Oh Yeah centre as part of North South Sounds 2026.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
She is currently rehearsing for her role as Clara in “The Nutcracker” in November, a part she has played for 45 years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
They’d been rehearsing for three hours straight and he’d really been hitting the water bowls hard, so he needed to head outside.
From "Dog Squad" by Chris Grabenstein
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