debrief
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Osman asked him if the gloves would be off should the judges get overly critical of the new crop of contestants, and the dancer joked he was "waiting for that judges' debrief".
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
“Flight debrief complete. No reprimands. No firings. No problem,” Cao wrote on social media.
From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026
“Flight debrief complete. No reprimands. No firings. No problem. That’s the sound of Freedom!,” acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao wrote in a social-media post on Thursday afternoon.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 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
It would have been nice to debrief with someone, to evaluate whether what was presented might provide a basis for a stay.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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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
Famous for her Love Island debriefs, Sarel is among the nominees at the second annual TikTok awards - a celebration of the creators shaping online culture in the UK.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2025
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
Seated around the kitchen table, Bonnie gently debriefs them on their mother’s medical and legislative battles.
From New York Times ● Oct. 20, 2022
After a few dates, the 27-year-old debriefed her two best friends over lunch.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
"I was in a mixed feeling. I have it completely out of my system. We framed it. We debriefed it as a group and we're all focused now. Full steam ahead."
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 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
LaRosa had exhaustively studied how it might happen safely and ensured everyone was properly debriefed.
From Seattle Times ● May 17, 2024
Once we leave Blackstone Prison, Lord Kensington brings me to the Department of Supernatural Investigations to be debriefed, same as the adult agents whenever they get back from an important mission.
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
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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
You are basically working every day - physical training, watching clips, debriefing the matches from the previous day.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 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
Either way, I’m sure there was a debriefing later.
From Salon ● Jan. 23, 2026
Presumably I was to wait for a superior officer to come in—a final training, or at least a debriefing of instructions before I was assigned a permanent duty station.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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