dummy run

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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

And while staff are trained beforehand, the dummy run comes only on the Sunday before the Championships.

From The Guardian • Jun. 29, 2017

Both of Sarries' first-half tries were well-executed, with Vunipola's dummy run creating the space for Ashton and Alex Goode to send Wyles over wide on the left for the first.

From BBC • Jan. 17, 2015

Confidentially, we had a dummy run before lunchtime.

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