shakedown

Example Sentences

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This loan-blocking exercise may be a shakedown ploy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

However, over the course of the shakedown in Barcelona and the two sessions in Bahrain it appeared the top four teams - McLaren, Ferrari, Red Bull and Mercedes - will again dominate in 2026.

From Barron's • Feb. 20, 2026

He called the lawsuit “a shakedown for money.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 24, 2025

Steve Watt, Speed Demon's crew chief, told BBC News that Raschke died while performing a test, known as a "shakedown", and that the car wasn't "even at half speed".

From BBC • Aug. 5, 2025

In the spring of 1995, the same team had traveled to Alaska to climb Mount McKinley as a shakedown for the attempt on Everest in 1996.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer