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rehearse

[ri-hurs] / rɪˈhɜrs /


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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

"I think she would love this moment," Zanai tells the band after they rehearse.

From BBC Jun. 21, 2026

Frontier labs already maintain internal safety processes, rehearse responses to cyberattacks, and publish manuals for their systems.

From The Wall Street Journal May 18, 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

There is no need to rehearse the pain and the humiliation of spirit in such an act.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson

It rehearses in the school hall and involves students in its productions and performances.

From BBC Sep. 15, 2023

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

The school has 320 members, and rehearses in the the lower middle-class neighborhood of Madureira in Rio’s north zone, along with some of the city’s most prestigious samba schools, including Portela and Império Serrano.

From Seattle Times Feb. 15, 2023

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

From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow

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

But while analysts argue that Love Island is far from a perfect mirror of society, it nonetheless operates as a cultural stage where shifting gender norms and emerging challenges are publicly rehearsed.

From BBC Jul. 25, 2026

He had an elaborate pitch, which he painstakingly rehearsed and refined.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 17, 2026

Before the main drop for premium screenings last week, he rehearsed the steps it would take to improve his chances of snagging them online.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 12, 2026

I’d rehearsed the question so I wouldn’t sound like I was about to cry.

From "It All Comes Down to This" by Karen English

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

After rehearsing again and again, UConn’s players come to understand that Hurley’s sheet amounted to college basketball’s ultimate cheat code.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 3, 2026

“Although chairs may change over the course of the year,” Ms. Fender had told us, “depending on your commitment to rehearsing, and your focus during class.”

From "Maybe He Just Likes You" by Barbara Dee




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