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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
double-check .
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Examples
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Airlines typically operate with one pilot as the "flying pilot" on a particular flight and the other as the "non-flying pilot," or "monitoring pilot," who handles radio transmissions, calls out checklists, readies cockpit instruments and double-checks the flying pilot.
Imagining a Day When Airliners Are Flown Solo Scott McCartney 2010
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Kurt Wilberding/The Wall Street Journal A model double-checks her makeup moments before the presentation begins.
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Bell reasonably double-checks me: "Are you familiar with Tintin?"
Gregory Weinkauf: "Great Snakes!" The Adventures of Tintin Premières at AFI Fest Gregory Weinkauf 2011
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Bell reasonably double-checks me: "Are you familiar with Tintin?"
Gregory Weinkauf: "Great Snakes!" The Adventures of Tintin Premières at AFI Fest Gregory Weinkauf 2011
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Bell reasonably double-checks me: "Are you familiar with Tintin?"
Gregory Weinkauf: "Great Snakes!" The Adventures of Tintin Premières at AFI Fest Gregory Weinkauf 2011
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Bell reasonably double-checks me: "Are you familiar with Tintin?"
Gregory Weinkauf: "Great Snakes!" The Adventures of Tintin Premières at AFI Fest Gregory Weinkauf 2011
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Government regulators already conduct such oversight regularly, and every major airline regularly double-checks its own procedures and relies on internal safeguards.
Major Accident Rate for Airlines Hits Low Andy Pasztor 2011
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He hurriedly packs his equipment and supplies, double-checks he has his cash, and bolts.
Soul Trapper F. J. Lennon 2011
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He hurriedly packs his equipment and supplies, double-checks he has his cash, and bolts.
Soul Trapper F. J. Lennon 2011
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Bell reasonably double-checks me: "Are you familiar with Tintin?"
Gregory Weinkauf: "Great Snakes!" The Adventures of Tintin Premières at AFI Fest Gregory Weinkauf 2011
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