rehearse

But there is an equally plausible danger: the ritual may simply rehearse the behaviour it is supposed to replace.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

Rehearsal is formally a space where you practice a role; informally, it is where, in the background moments, you rehearse your version of yourself.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 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

At one of Snabbit's training hubs in the southern tech hub of Bengaluru, workers rehearse tasks such as chopping vegetables against the clock.

From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026

When they began to rehearse again, “their added life experience, their love for each other, their rivalries, it all enriched it.”

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove

She's looking on proudly as her son rehearses.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2025

Now, this documentary is taking viewers behind the scenes with the playwright Jeremy O. Harris as he workshops and rehearses, before ultimately bringing the play to the big stage.

From New York Times ● Jun. 17, 2024

Take an American ballerina, clad in shimmering white, caught in a blur of revolving motion as she rehearses in China.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 4, 2023

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

He rehearses in his head the argument he will present to his sister.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

They learnt four dances, practised hard and rehearsed at home to prepare for the event, Fernhill House Care Home said.

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026

“The first time I rehearsed with handlesticks, I got maybe a quarter through the number and I said, ‘This is impossible.’”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026

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

From Salon ● Jun. 17, 2026

I stood blinking stupidly at her, the blood pounding in my veins, and my carefully rehearsed plans for a goodbye kiss forgotten, when unexpectedly she flew up and threw her arms around me.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

Australian Army Brigadier Ben McLennan says Australia is rehearsing for "the worst type of war"

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

On a clammy late-summer morning in September 2010, full of dread and anxiety, I trudged toward Tabla, rehearsing the message I’d soon deliver.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

Troops in flashy uniforms have been rehearsing on the White House driveway this week ahead of the welcome ceremony.

From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 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

“Looking back,” she remembered, “I see stretching behind me year after year of singing, traveling, packing, unpacking, rehearsing, and studying.”

From "The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights" by Russell Freedman