dry-runs

It included inner space fly-bys of Earth, Venus and Mercury itself for gravitational assists and dry-runs on the orbital insertion.

US Space Probe Enters Mercury Orbit 2011

It included inner space fly-bys of Earth, Venus and Mercury itself for gravitational assists and dry-runs on the orbital insertion.

US Space Probe Enters Mercury Orbit 2011

Then I skipped the Sunday keynote (sorry, r0ml!) to do two dry-runs in a row, in the actual room using the real projector.

Blog Post: PyCon Talk: Murphy Owns Me matt 2007

Worrying as the possibility of terrorists performing dry-runs for future attacks is, there seemed to be worse in the story:

Archive 2004-07-01 James 2004

Worrying as the possibility of terrorists performing dry-runs for future attacks is, there seemed to be worse in the story:

Airline security and "discrimination" James 2004

The scheme was expanded from 2 to 4 regions - all of which are broadly part of Labour's heartland and to regions where it might be felt useful to have dry-runs for the all-postal referendums for regional assemblies in the north of England; it might also be thought that a higher turnout in these elections might hamper the electoral chances of the BNP in the north-west and Yorkshire and Humberside in particular.

Hapless in London! 2004

From 200 staging areas around the state - parking lots, ward offices, and so on - Democrats have done dry-runs the past two weekends of which doors to knock on and calls to make on

NYT > Home Page By MONICA DAVEY 2010

Pugh presided over his first meeting without a major gaffe, saying he did several dry-runs with council staffers to hone his parliamentary procedure.

detnews.com - Local 2010

But the dry-runs suggest the debates will be stilted.

Home | Mail Online 2010

He will fabricate his whereabouts to loved ones in order to account for missing time, as he conducts dry-runs through the operation, mentally preparing him self for the Execution stage.

Officer.com: Top News Stories 2009