double-check
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Likewise, double-check that percentages across all named beneficiaries add up to 100%, a common source of errors.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
"I've actually pulled off at the side of the road before a bridge just to double-check I'm the right height," he said.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026
The first time he put the camera behind a row of fans, I had to look over the edge of my 3D glasses to double-check that those waving arms weren’t really in my theater.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2026
It means bad AI output compounded by lazy humans who can’t be troubled to double-check.
From Barron's ● May 6, 2026
“We’ll double-check the closets and under the beds.”
From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn
Then he double-checks my claim, asking: “The court hadn’t said it in Students for Fair Admissions?”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Even though she has filters set up, Tabacnic always double-checks to make sure her matches are actually where the dating app says they are.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 3, 2026
And someone on a hydraulic lift double-checks each hanging fixture.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 2024
That’s one of many double-checks in the system.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 4, 2022
Far up a third climb, Werner unfolds the map and double-checks his bearings with a compass.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
If I hadn’t double-checked the tickets, we would have missed the 9:33 a.m. departure.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 25, 2026
Afterward, he double-checked the figures against Bloomberg data and found they were largely consistent.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 5, 2025
The film’s access coordinator Chantelle Nassari also equipped Bode with a fully accessible trailer, double-checked the day’s pathways and ensured the actor had what she needed to be able to perform.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2024
The rosy saxifrage is listed as extinct but Robbie, a skilled climber, still double-checked.
From BBC ● May 24, 2024
I double-checked the laundry room and the back door and the elevator.
From "Confessions of a Murder Suspect" by James Patterson
As a protector of Googoosh’s story, she recalls double-checking if the star really wanted to share some more revealing anecdotes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 2, 2025
The state appears to have presented a figure without fully explaining its methodology or double-checking the information, said Becker, who is a former senior trial attorney in the voting section of the U.S.
From Salon ● Oct. 15, 2024
Many of the studies dated back to the 19th century, before the advent of modern scientific imaging, or cited claims from those older studies made without double-checking them.
From Science Daily ● May 23, 2024
Twinning is a way of double-checking gold is present by drilling next to the place it has been found and taking rock samples.
From BBC ● May 18, 2024
We could hear Dad locking the doors and double-checking them.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
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