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as in routines
an established and often automatic or monotonous series of actions followed when engaging in some activity
shuttling the kids between extracurricular activities is all part of the suburban drill
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as in punches
to make a hole or series of holes in
the nerve-jangling sound when a dentist drills a tooth
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as in shoots
to strike with a missile from a gun
drilled the target from 100 yards away
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Recent Examples of drills
Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2024
There was his switch to shortstop late in spring training, a drastic defensive move that led Betts to spend hours taking grounders in pregame drills on an almost daily basis.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
Any opportunity to get better was welcomed and taken, going out to a local high school with Cole and a couple of friends five days a week to do hours of finishing drills.
—Braidon Nourse, The Denver Post, 1 Oct. 2024
Any person wearing a gas mask in drills, exercises or emergencies.
—Killian Baarlaer, The Courier-Journal, 1 Oct. 2024
Assembly Bill 1858, also known as the Safe and Prepared Schools Act, will standardize school active-shooter drills and direct the state’s Department of Education to update its guidance.
—Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2024
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The first baseman did not speak with reporters Thursday or participate in any of the team’s pre-scrimmage drills on the field.
—Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2024
There was his switch to shortstop late in spring training, a drastic defensive move that led Betts to spend hours taking grounders in pregame drills on an almost daily basis.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
Any opportunity to get better was welcomed and taken, going out to a local high school with Cole and a couple of friends five days a week to do hours of finishing drills.
—Braidon Nourse, The Denver Post, 1 Oct. 2024
Any person wearing a gas mask in drills, exercises or emergencies.
—Killian Baarlaer, The Courier-Journal, 1 Oct. 2024
Assembly Bill 1858, also known as the Safe and Prepared Schools Act, will standardize school active-shooter drills and direct the state’s Department of Education to update its guidance.
—Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2024
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“Drills.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drills. Accessed 25 Nov. 2024.
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