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Another woman, an airport worker identified only as Cvetka, had already flown a dummy run of the route.

From BBC Mar. 7, 2025

Nasa requested a second dummy run be conducted in 2022 to be sure the errors had been corrected.

From BBC Jun. 5, 2024

Take last Friday night, for example, when his dummy run allowed Cengiz Under’s to score in the visitors’ 1-0 win.

From Seattle Times Jan. 13, 2022

But Straw’s appearance was effectively a dummy run.

From The Guardian Oct. 18, 2015

Confidentially, we had a dummy run before lunchtime.

From Tom Swift and The Visitor from Planet X by Appleton, Victor [pseud.]




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