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Recent Examples of trial run
Tesla did the trial run with 10 vehicles in the a neighborhood called South Congress, reported Reuters.
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Julia Gomez, USA Today, 24 June 2025
The Club World Cup, which is serving as a trial run for the 2026 World Cup taking place across North America, has never reached the height of FIFA’s most popular competition.
—Emma Moon, Charlotte Observer, 29 June 2025
On one hand, that means pushing the school’s equipment past its limits (which, in the latest trial run, caused an on-campus explosion).
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 24 June 2025
Team employees moved into the Crimson Park Apartments a half-hour south of the city, in Norman, and team operations were run out of a Sheraton hotel a block from the arena in what became a trial run to gauge the city’s readiness to support a major-league team.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 19 June 2025
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Julia Gomez, USA Today, 24 June 2025
The Club World Cup, which is serving as a trial run for the 2026 World Cup taking place across North America, has never reached the height of FIFA’s most popular competition.
—Emma Moon, Charlotte Observer, 29 June 2025
On one hand, that means pushing the school’s equipment past its limits (which, in the latest trial run, caused an on-campus explosion).
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 24 June 2025
Team employees moved into the Crimson Park Apartments a half-hour south of the city, in Norman, and team operations were run out of a Sheraton hotel a block from the arena in what became a trial run to gauge the city’s readiness to support a major-league team.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 19 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trial run
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Cold Atom Lab — Yui, working inside NASA's Destiny Laboratory, swapped out computer components for this apparatus which lowers atoms below the mean temperature of the universe, enabling the observation of atomic wave functions and quantum characteristics that cannot be reproduced on the ground.—
Robert Z. Pearlman,
Space.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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Pritzker responded to Colbert’s observation by joking that Illinois Democrats had asked kindergarten students to draw the map.—
Chris Roemer,
Baltimore Sun,
14 Aug. 2025
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The gains were fueled by heavier use of Venmo debit cards, instant transfers, and online checkout integrations.—
MacKenzie Sigalos,
CNBC,
29 July 2025
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Authorities say the attack was random The incident began around 4:40 p.m. near the Walmart checkout area, authorities said.—
Minyvonne Burke,
NBC news,
28 July 2025
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Republican Governor Tate Reeves speaks with supporters during an election night watch party at the Refuge Hotel & Conference Center in Flowood, Mississippi, on November 7, 2023.—
Aliss Higham,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Aug. 2025
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But these videos were few and far between—other people can be an obstacle to running your life with the precision of a ticking watch.—
Julie Beck,
The Atlantic,
14 Aug. 2025
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Combs was physically violent on numerous occasions with Ventura, and photographic and video evidence of her being assaulted was shown to the jury throughout the trial, including 2016 hotel surveillance footage of Combs beating Ventura, which was first published by CNN in May 2024.—
Elizabeth Wagmeister,
CNN Money,
5 Aug. 2025
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Drummond, who was considered armed and dangerous, was recently captured on surveillance footage amid the high-profile search to track him down.—
Taylor Ardrey,
USA Today,
5 Aug. 2025
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Automated services cost money but save you time, handle rechecks and can catch new listings faster.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
21 May 2025
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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.—
Eddie Brown,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Apr. 2025
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That money needs to be going toward core medical and scientific research.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
15 Aug. 2025
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Over one-third of American adults are unaware of HPV or the HPV vaccine, according to a new research letter published Thursday in the journal JAMA Oncology.—
Katia Hetter,
CNN Money,
14 Aug. 2025
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There are also GitHub repos for your perusal, and OpenAI will host stock versions of the models on its own infrastructure for testing.—
Ryan Whitwam,
ArsTechnica,
5 Aug. 2025
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Artists will have ceramics, paintings, jewelry, textiles, glass, wood and metal artwork available for perusal and sale from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.—
Kit Grode,
Twin Cities,
14 July 2025
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As search efforts continue, there has been no sign of the 46-year-old woman — even after a multi-agency exploration of a nearby forest preserve.—
Sam Gillette,
People.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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The plan calls for up to two drill rigs operating simultaneously during exploration.—
John Leos,
AZCentral.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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