tryout
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The Queens selected Davis with the 10th pick in December’s draft after she participated in the league’s tryout last August.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2026
“That’s hard to do. But at many of these places, you can do a tryout and stay in a unit for a week,” said Horowitz.
From MarketWatch ● May 8, 2026
But on the day it mattered most, she flubbed her tryout and failed to make the team.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 17, 2026
The show is inspired by a 2022 short video featuring an undercover Eli Manning as a walk-on at a Penn State football tryout.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2025
It’s the week of the second tryout and I’m trudging to the food court when Gemma, Elsie’s lab partner, hands me a note to meet her in the library instead.
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
“Some of the people didn’t actually get to make it to tryouts, so there’s some people that are drafted that I haven’t even seen in person before. It’s all exciting.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
Sitting in the center of the room, personally overseeing the tryouts, Wembanyama conducted a series of unusually loud job interviews—listening to chants, gauging volume and pressure-testing die-hard levels.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026
To revive his career, he joins open tryouts for a struggling college-football squad, disguising himself and changing his name to Chad Powers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2025
As each year’s tryouts get more competitive, Doucette sees his hope for the sport coming true.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2025
Felix had been feeling guilty about ignoring Benji on day one of tryouts and could not say no to this simple request.
From "Millionaires for the Month" by Stacey McAnulty
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