rehearse
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Kwan said she would attend presentations with her sales team and rehearse what she saw in the mirror “over and over and over again” until it became second nature.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 23, 2026
"I think she would love this moment," Zanai tells the band after they rehearse.
From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2026
During the meal, she asked Honda to rehearse with her and her son, Sean Lennon, before they performed at a concert memorializing the 50th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2026
The students rehearse their choreography before a mirror even before class starts, and many of them use rest breaks to ask friends for help to correct their steps.
From Barron's ● May 5, 2026
I'm tingling and restless, excited to rehearse and perform with a real, professional orchestra.
From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper
Backstage, as an orchestra rehearses and cameras document his every move, South African superstar Black Coffee is preparing for one of the biggest performances of his career.
From BBC ● May 23, 2026
In the next scene, Howze is splayed out on a mattress beneath a suspended fun house mirror, skis dangling from the ceiling as he rehearses his final thoughts.
From New York Times ● Feb. 12, 2024
Alone on his couch, he rehearses the litany of troubles that have led him there.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2023
Channeling that energy, he rehearses his fact-heavy, feelings-scant eulogy.
From Salon ● May 22, 2023
Ralph answered in the cautious voice of one who rehearses a theorem.
From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding
He had an elaborate pitch, which he painstakingly rehearsed and refined.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026
Warsh said he preferred “messier meetings” where “people don’t show up with rehearsed scripts,” a critique aimed squarely at how the Federal Open Market Committee now operates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026
The more a team relies on rehearsed mechanisms, the more it depends on precision.
From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2026
The entire exchange feels rehearsed, even though it’s clear Vance is hoping to channel some of that off-the-cuff energy that made Obama’s chat with podcaster Brian Tyler Cohen so entertaining.
From Salon ● Apr. 1, 2026
Their remarks, always witty, always new, weren’t rehearsed.
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
One performer described the worst possible outcome: working all week, staying up all night, writing sketches, rehearsing constantly, and then discovering on Saturday night that you don’t even need hair and makeup.
From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026
In Meghalaya's capital, music spills constantly through public life: church choirs rehearsing late into the evening, teenage metal bands in garages, blues musicians drifting through dimly-lit bars.
From BBC ● May 15, 2026
The iconic singer resided in the property while he was rehearsing for his “This Is It” tour, which he was due to embark upon in July 2009.
From MarketWatch ● May 5, 2026
Behind one door, a group was rehearsing a number from the musical "Six".
From Barron's ● Apr. 27, 2026
No one would be rehearsing at eight in the morning.
From "P.S. I Miss You" by Jen Petro-Roy
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