dummy run

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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

Reine-Adelaide picks up the ball in the penalty area, skips over a challenge, carries the ball forward, lets Akpom make a dummy run and then plays Walcott in, and his finish is assured.

From The Guardian • Jul. 26, 2015

Confidentially, we had a dummy run before lunchtime.

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