check up
Example Sentences
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One soldier told the Chileans they had orders to check up on the foreign search-and-rescue teams because they could be “Yankee spies,” Lermanda said in a video interview with local journalists.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 30, 2026
It added that Maradona’s health team too easily gave in to his demands, resulting in nurses failing to regularly check up on him.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
Michelle Mitchell, chief executive of Cancer Research UK, said public figures speaking openly about cancer can encourage others to have a check up.
From BBC • Dec. 12, 2025
Minutes after AFP met with him, a flurry of officials arrived to "check up" on his welfare.
From Barron's • Oct. 14, 2025
Once in a while, the teacher would come and check up on me.
From "How Dare the Sun Rise" by Sandra Uwiringiyimana
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