put to the test

Trump’s influence was put to the test earlier this week when Republicans in the Senate picked their new leader.

It's the job we all think and say we could do, in the knowledge our words will never be put to the test.

It seemed like an ambitious aim then and it's being put to the test now.

The new checkpoint will be put to the test Friday and Saturday, when the rail lines encounter a World Series crowd making its way to and from Dodger Stadium.

That philosophy was put to the test on the biggest stage and under some of the cruelest circumstances of Krikorian’s career last month at the Paris Olympics.