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Recent Examples of trial run
Safe Streets, a division of MONSE, said all employees also go through a background check and then a trial run working in community intervention before they are hired.
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Tara Lynch,
CBS News,
9 June 2026
The first step in 2022’s trial run was to lower a collector more than two miles deep to the bottom of the sea.
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Harry Stevens,
New York Times,
3 June 2026
Before being laid out on the White House lawn, it was assembled and de-assambled in Warwick Township, Pennsylvania, during what officials called a trial run.
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Mike Stunson,
USA Today,
29 May 2026
The company behind the plan has already begun pilot testing in preparation for a 100-home trial run this year.
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Jeremy Hsu,
ArsTechnica,
12 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for trial run
Tara Lynch,
CBS News,
9 June 2026
The first step in 2022’s trial run was to lower a collector more than two miles deep to the bottom of the sea.
—
Harry Stevens,
New York Times,
3 June 2026
Before being laid out on the White House lawn, it was assembled and de-assambled in Warwick Township, Pennsylvania, during what officials called a trial run.
—
Mike Stunson,
USA Today,
29 May 2026
The company behind the plan has already begun pilot testing in preparation for a 100-home trial run this year.
—
Jeremy Hsu,
ArsTechnica,
12 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trial run
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One of the more notable aspects of the announcement is American Fusion’s emphasis on third-party observation.
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All these and more measurements and observations are recorded.
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This includes free breakfast for two each morning, early check-in and late checkout considerations, a welcome gift, and space-available room upgrades.
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At one school, Sodexo says the checkout-free retail experience has increased revenue by 56%.
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The women, who also wore Mexico jerseys, were planning to attend the watch party.
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The devices were hidden in a pack of cigarettes, the informant’s watch, and a cellphone.
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Food preparation in affected areas was stopped until the health department conducted a reinspection.
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Reopened later that same day after a reinspection found no violations.
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Sometime before the murder Gonzalez was seen on surveillance video footage moving interior cameras.
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The court was also shown a surveillance video from a day before the hearing where Porter was seen attacking a juvenile court staffer and trying to escape.
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Automated services cost money but save you time, handle rechecks and can catch new listings faster.
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If teams receive good news during his medical rechecks, there’s still a chance he’s selected on day one of the draft.
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Uncovering the people behind the paint As part of its acquisition, the association conducted new research to uncover the identities and stories of the people Rockwell captured in his images.
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Ippei Naoi | Getty Images Investors continue to rely on professional financial advisers for their final investment decisions, even as artificial intelligence becomes more widely used in the initial stages of research, according to a survey by HSBC.
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Beyond Bart’s Books, downtown Ojai has dozens more unique shops for your perusal.
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The language switch has done nothing to lessen its global appeal, as a quick perusal of the YouTube comments suggests, though there are some jokes Jakubović acknowledges would be inscrutable outside Bosnia.
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