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
One soldier told the Chileans they had orders to check up on the foreign search-and-rescue teams because they could be “Yankee spies,” Lermanda said in a video interview with local journalists.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
Rebecca said she would be taking Flora to the vet for a full check up and she had become very overweight.
From BBC ● Mar. 10, 2026
Minutes after AFP met with him, a flurry of officials arrived to "check up" on his welfare.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2025
He never bothered to check up on it, and now he calls my mother whenever there’s a problem, which means he actually calls Kate because Mom never bothers to check voicemail.
From "All The Bright Places" by Jennifer Niven
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