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dry run

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The crew will go through a series of dry runs for what launch day will be like, as well as what to expect when they take Crew Dragon back down to Earth and splash down in the ocean.

Ahead of the launch, the government organized dry runs, put up billboards touting the vaccines and replaced phone ringing tones with a message urging people to get vaccinated.

From Time

Experts believe it might have been a dry run for 2022, when Bolsonaro might need similar tactics for his reelection campaign.

From Ozy

In order to train workers who are receiving the doses, Pfizer has conducted dry runs of shipping its vaccine to 10 locations.

From Time

It will also be a valuable dry run should a coronavirus shot arrive months later.

From Fortune

Think of PopVote as a dry run for free and fair elections in the future.

On December 9, Loewen allegedly conducted a dry run, confirming that he could gain access to the tarmac.

As a dry run for her trip to Europe, the Thailand visit was added to her program at the last minute.

"It didn't seem so much like a dry run as a bid for publicity," Hoffman said.

An earlier attempt to invade the Billings home—which may have been only a “dry run”—was made after dark, according to the suspect.

It was an unpainted square cottage and stood bare on the sod at the edge of Dry Run ravine.

Would practice without actually firing the weapon be helpful—that is, a dry-run practice?

Could you give us an estimate of how much time they used in this dry-run practice, each?

The rain ceased, as usual, before we had gone far, and we had a clear dry run until luncheon.

Unfortunately, however, for the inhabitants the Dry Run has frequently become very wet.

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On this page you'll find 39 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to dry run, such as: dress rehearsal, tryout, bench test, combat rehearsal, dummy run, and kriegspiel.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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