practice
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As general manager John Lynch looked at who should make the team and the practice squad, their availability to fly to Australia had to be taken into account.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
For the 49ers, who arrived late last week, their players have had time to get over the long journey, adjust to the time zone, acclimatise and practice at a nearby stadium.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
The researchers used Bangladesh to demonstrate how their framework could work in practice.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 9, 2026
In practice, the ECB raises its deposit rate, the interest it pays to commercial banks for parking their excess cash with it.
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
“Nah. I had to break it off. We were hanging out once, and I told her I had to go or I’d be late for practice, and she actually said, ‘Why don’t you skip practice?’
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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Stafford’s workload during training camp and preseason practices were managed by the sports performance staff, but he had plenty of opportunity to connect with Adams, a luxury they did not enjoy last season.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026
That pledge comes as the equipment maker attempts to head off distrust in its repair practices.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
The Beninese authorities vaunt a strategy that has enabled the state to hike its tax revenues while providing better working conditions and combating unsanitary practices.
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
The rebels impose their own Ebola-prevention measures, including strict enforcement of safe burial practices.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
The sisters didn’t question the spirits’ purposes and didn’t comment on the practices of other mediums.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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Comparable skeletal evidence also suggests that Princess Noub-Hotep and King Hor practiced archery.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026
And as skilled as she was at this repartee, it never came off overly practiced.
From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026
But they taught my siblings and me not to be ashamed of our roots and to give to those less fortunate, a philosophy that Parton practiced to the end of her 80 years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
Mr. Rogers, the Republican candidate for Senate, is squaring off against Democrat Abdul El-Sayed, a 41-year-old Rhodes scholar and doctor who never practiced medicine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
If so you are in luck, for the traditional platza massage using a venik is practiced in Russian baths to this very day.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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When Cameron isn’t practicing his moves with pro partner Sharna Burgess, the “Bachelorette” alum has a very personal real estate project to retreat to: his extensively renovated home in Jupiter, Fla.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026
“I’d been so consumed with video treatments and merch designs, to where it was like, ‘Oh, I’m a practicing rapper.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
Neither has her daughter, who, she said, is living in Australia and also practicing Buddhism.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
In Bhutan's Paro, several hundred proponents of the idea are practicing everything from walking meditation to mindful eating -- slowing down to appreciate the taste, smell, texture and colours of food.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
I spent so much time practicing while paper-chaining that he learned my entire bar mitzvah by sheer repetition!
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
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