trial performance
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As post-conviction lawyers who now represent Carruthers have said, his trial performance was “singularly inept, ineffective, and disastrous.”
From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026
Porte, a Tasmanian, revealed his form at Paris-Nice in March, clinching the title with a masterful time trial performance, and finished runner-up at the Critérium du Dauphiné.
From New York Times • Jun. 28, 2013
According to entertainment industry magazine Variety, Disney Theatrical Productions hosted an in-house trial performance last month at its New Amsterdam theatre, which has been dark since Mary Poppins shuttered in March.
From The Guardian • Jun. 13, 2013
And as he worked he could have cried with disappointment, for his was a trial performance, and a year's engagement in the Hennings' group of music-halls would have rewarded success.
From The Ghost Ship by Middleton, Richard
After supper these two will squat together on the parlor carpet and wind it up for a trial performance.
From Hints to Pilgrims by Brooks, Charles Stephen
