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gut check

noun

  1. a pause to assess the state, progress, or condition of something such as an enterprise or institution
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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The past few weeks of stock market whipsawing have been a gut check for internet communities that swelled in numbers during the usually excellent markets of the past five years.

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So they did a gut check—they went hunting for excrement and vomit from the Polish Basin, a region of central Europe with an extensive record of fossil bones and paleoclimate data.

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With the 2024 season now unsalvageable after an embarrassing loss to the 3-6 Miami Dolphins, Rams players and coaches each need a candid gut check to try to right the ship before the 2025 season kicks off in 10 months.

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He had a pretty embarrassing event with alcohol and the police, and after some tough love from his wife, a “gut check momentâ€, he decided to not drink again.

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In a 2018 interview with the Minneapolis Star Tribune, Walz described his arrest as a “gut check moment,†when he recommitted to being a role model to his students.

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