check up
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I was born with a heart defect, so I see a cardiologist every year to check up on it.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
“We’ll just kind of check up on each other,” McVay said, “and then we’ll see when we have more information whether or not we’re going to give it a go.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
It added that Maradona’s health team too easily gave in to his demands, resulting in nurses failing to regularly check up on him.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026
Putting aside the logistical question of how the Home Office will find the resources to constantly check up on people, the aim is to encourage people to go home if conditions improve.
From BBC ● Nov. 17, 2025
He was anxious to check up on the button of dead monkey cells that he had harvested from the little flask just before he had gone hunting.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
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