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rehearse

[ri-hurs] / rɪˈhɜrs /


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Security analysts said similar missile drills have been held before and are designed to rehearse Russia’s defense of the Sea of Okhotsk, an area vital for Russia’s fleet of ballistic missile submarines.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

Many job seekers are employing artificial intelligence to rehearse asking for a higher salary by using large language models like Claude or ChatGPT to practice a mock negotiation.

From MarketWatch Jul. 22, 2026

The task required the writers to rehearse for months to map out contingencies and shape character arcs.

From Los Angeles Times May 26, 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

For two weeks, I've done nothing but sleep, eat and rehearse for my debut.

From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper

She's looking on proudly as her son rehearses.

From BBC Sep. 19, 2025

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

When she rehearses a play, he’s at the theater too, yet it never smacks of a caretaking decision.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2023

Channeling that energy, he rehearses his fact-heavy, feelings-scant eulogy.

From Salon May 22, 2023

Orson Welles rehearses The Campbell Playhouse in this 1938 CBS publicity composite.

From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow

His exuberant on-pitch persona, relishing confrontation and celebrating tries with rehearsed routines, has attracted attention and a legion of young fans.

From BBC Aug. 3, 2026

The scrupulously staged and rehearsed repertory at the Joyce, with Elisa Clark assisting as rehearsal director, holds bright promise for future retrospective efforts mining the Mark Morris Dance Group’s rich repertory.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 27, 2026

It was a moment Gotze, then 22, had long dreamed of and one he had rehearsed as a kid.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 18, 2026

The hosts of “The View” did not allow him to coast on his carefully rehearsed charm.

From Salon Jun. 17, 2026

Throwing his arms around, he made changes to the previously rehearsed script, delivered his own lines as Professor Richard Pierson, and impatiently screamed instructions at everyone else.

From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow

There’s a semi-out culture in which Jordan and Eddy are rehearsing for a performance of John Herbert’s 1967 gay prison play, “Fortune and Men’s Eyes.”

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 1, 2026

She is currently rehearsing for her role as Clara in “The Nutcracker” in November, a part she has played for 45 years.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 22, 2026

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

Twenty minutes later, they are on stage rehearsing The Happy Dictator; followed by Shaun Ryder, hamming up his part on the 2005 classic Dare!

From BBC Jun. 21, 2026

“Well, in that case, my dear father,” Kelly proclaimed, “I don’t mind you bothering us at all. Why, with all this rehearsing, I’m downright parched.”

From "George" by Alex Gino




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