checking

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A timer on a fake checkout site can add pressure as the scammer tries to rush you and keep you from checking the site too closely.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

The strategy works because the money moves into a Roth IRA structure, not a checking account, but the control ultimately shifts to the beneficiary.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

People milled around Havana's city center, checking their phones after the tremor which according to Cuban authorities was felt "throughout the entire west of the country."

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

Moments like Eisenhower checking in at the grand Claridge’s hotel on arrival in London in 1942 are laugh-out-loud funny.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

They were checking shop numbers as they walked.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom