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debrief

[dee-breef] / diˈbrif /




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“Flight debrief complete. No reprimands. No firings. No problem,” Cao wrote on social media.

From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026

A chatty debrief on Taylor and Travis’ wedding: We have to hand it to Taylor Swift—it’s a real feat that she managed to keep many details of her Friday wedding to Travis Kelce under wraps.

From Slate ● Jul. 6, 2026

Rushing, in his first game back in the lineup after being removed Monday to rule out a concussion, huddled with Ohtani and pitching coach Mark Prior on the mound to debrief.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026

Air Force personnel and collecting documents on topics of interest to China, before returning to debrief Chinese intelligence officials and allowing them to retrieve data from his electronic devices.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 24, 2026

“The thing is,” I say, after my breathless debrief, “the timing is all so bizarre, I mean why now? Why me?”

From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed

Iraola tends to avoid major debriefs in the dressing room after a game, with his personal preference to speak to the players a day later.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

In another video, the same woman debriefs the experience: “I just blacked out and spent nearly 600 euros at the French pharmacies. So, let’s go through everything I got.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

Hardin says the team debriefs after each season to discuss what worked as they develop the next installment.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2025

“We joked about that,” admitted Reddick’s crew chief, Billy Scott, “that he’s the only one that sits in our debriefs without a win.”

From Washington Times ● Sep. 10, 2023

Fans have been gathering online to do all this since before the turn of the century, but in recent years, shows have started producing their own post-episode debriefs.

From New York Times ● Oct. 28, 2021

After a few dates, the 27-year-old debriefed her two best friends over lunch.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026

To get a sense of Roche’s new offerings, Guggenheim debriefed Christopher Mason, a computational genomics professor at New York’s Weill Cornell Medicine who had early access to the systems.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2025

We debriefed Dingell to get her read on the results.

From New York Times ● Feb. 28, 2024

Catherine debriefed both sets of parents as well as relatives and friends, handwriting the recipes they dictated to her in a blue spiral notepad.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 16, 2024

Weyand returned on April 5 and quickly debriefed Ford on his trip.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge

After monitoring practice, debriefing his team and entertaining sponsors under the floodlights, he winds down for bed around 3:30 a.m., which is 9:30 p.m. back in central Europe.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

Officials are debriefing after chaos broke out on the Newport Beach Peninsula Saturday, leading more than 400 arrests.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026

It will be a really tough debriefing on how they manage those crucial moments in the final bit of the game.

From BBC ● Mar. 16, 2026

Either way, I’m sure there was a debriefing later.

From Salon ● Jan. 23, 2026

The debriefing room is the size of a closet.

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston




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