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brushups

noun

plural of brushup

as in workouts

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Noun

One of those workouts came early last week at the Rams’ facility with Aaron Donald, who continues to evaluate whether or not to return.

— Nate Atkins, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026
With the Dolphins through offseason workouts and now training camp, Betts has appreciated working with Achane and the backs behind him.

— David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 14 Aug. 2026

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And that doesn’t count other Navy demands on the carrier fleet, like exercises with allies or keeping a presence in the Indo-Pacific, Parker said.

— Mustafa Qadri, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026
China sends military planes, as well as Coast Guard ships and other vessels towards Taiwan on a daily basis and carries out large-scale military exercises from time to time.

— ABC News, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of exercises

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Elarms-Orr has been sprinkled into first-team time throughout open practices.

— Joe Buscaglia, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026
Medical practices throughout the world were roughly similar, but the consistency of the messaging helped engender a level of trust that went missing in other locales.

— T.M. Brown, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of practices

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Tuesday morning’s workout brought a welcome diversion from drills, when SDSU players and coaches moved from the turf to the grass practice field and actually played some football.

— Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Aug. 2026
During the several-day assessment, Hubei’s crew conducted anti-aircraft gunnery drills, successfully using the ship’s weapons to destroy a target drone.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of drills

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The Pentagon has since sought to speed up the process through streamlined reviews and a surge of medical personnel, including Army Reservists sent to help staff screening clinics.

— Steven Beynon, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026
To better understand them, The Post analyzed thousands of Google reviews.

— Ted Muldoon, Washington Post, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of reviews

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That training doesn’t stop after onboarding, either — employees have to come back for refreshers every year.

— Laurie Mermet, Sun Sentinel, 16 Aug. 2026
New items this year include pickle pies, apple donut ham grinders, mango sticky rice refreshers and longanisa cheese curd lumpia.

— Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 4 Aug. 2026

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