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Many of the big commercial companies perform their shows over November and December but some smaller local groups have been rehearsing since September, ready to perform in January.

From BBC • Jan. 16, 2025

"I have been rehearsing this for weeks, OK? I have never ever gotten it 100% right," she said before launching into "Right Where You Left Me."

From Salon • Oct. 13, 2023

The company will perform it in March as part of a triple bill that also includes ballets by Jiri Kylian and the duo Paul Lightfoot and Sol León, who have been rehearsing with the company.

From New York Times • Jan. 31, 2023

They have been rehearsing and preparing for their tour, while taking refuge from the ongoing conflict in their country.

From Reuters • Apr. 21, 2022

He might have been rehearsing “The Ogallallas,” or mayhap he was on duty as Kentucky commissioner to the World’s Fair.

From The Dead Men's Song Being the Story of a Poem and a Reminiscent Sketch of its Author Young Ewing Allison by Hitchcock, Champion Ingraham