drill
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He was back in the heat of a 3-on-3 drill, flying down the ice on a breakaway, every bit the Hall of Fame player who survived 16 seasons in the league.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
The court also heard Love's DNA was found on a drill which was believed to be the trigger mechanism for the device.
From BBC • May 14, 2026
Mission engineers first attempted to remove it by vibrating the drill, but the effort had no visible effect.
From Science Daily • May 11, 2026
At “Francesca da Rimini” the place was so empty, I thought I’d missed an air-raid drill.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
That’s when Kyle remembered that to make the Pacific team, you had to pass the West Coast librarian’s final test: a synchronized library-cart drill.
From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein
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