shakedown
Example Sentences
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Every lease I’ve ever signed felt like a shakedown.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026
The firm was flayed in 2018 by federal Judge Royce C. Lamberth of Washington, D.C., for engaging in what he labeled a “high-tech shakedown ... smacking of extortion.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026
However, over the course of the shakedown in Barcelona and the two sessions in Bahrain it appeared the top four teams - McLaren, Ferrari, Red Bull and Mercedes - will again dominate in 2026.
From Barron's ● Feb. 20, 2026
The test was exactly how it was billed - a shakedown is motorsport terminology for giving a car a first run-out to make sure everything works.
From BBC ● Jan. 30, 2026
In the spring of 1995, the same team had traveled to Alaska to climb Mount McKinley as a shakedown for the attempt on Everest in 1996.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
