tuning up
Example Sentences
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Otherwise, England will be tuning up and locking down selections.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2025
It begins with what could be mistaken for the players tuning up for playing Samuel Barber’s “Adagio for Strings.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2023
Accelerator physicists have been slowly tuning up the LHC’s beams for months, Lamont says.
From Science Magazine ● Jun. 12, 2022
Burnes allowed just one hit in five innings in tuning up for a possible opening day start for Milwaukee.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 28, 2022
As I did, the towering computers around me began to emit a cacophony of sound, like a grand orchestra tuning up.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
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