tryout
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Kerr left the Alaskan frontier believing baseball could be his future and was able to land a tryout for a pair of MLB scouts at a high school in Reno.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 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
With the World Cup a year away, the tryout period will soon be ending.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 20, 2026
He even tried to walk on with the Cowboys in 1978, but they told him he was too slow and didn’t bother to give him a tryout.
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
Any fan interested was to report to the Freeman Coliseum—a historic rodeo arena next door to the Spurs’ home court—for tryouts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 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
“But honestly, I’m home. My daughter had tryouts yesterday. My nephew had a basketball game. My son has a game coming up on the 12th.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 10, 2025
WWE also held a tryouts event in London over the weekend for aspiring stars to show off their skills in front of the company.
From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2025
Mostly, we’ve just been talking about the tryouts.
From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko
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