How To Use Trial balloon In A Sentence
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Sounding out is also used, where trial balloon ideas are sent to the other side to test their reaction.
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A good cabinet officer will take a policy proposal, put a trial balloon out.
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They floated the trial balloon of actually cutting Social Security.
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They floated the trial balloon of actually cutting Social Security.
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It could be simply a defensive move, but some thought it could be a trial balloon for something more intimate.
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They floated the trial balloon of actually cutting Social Security.
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A good cabinet officer will take a policy proposal, put a trial balloon out.
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It seems that NASA is already floating a trial balloon insinuating that the Chile quake was so large that it will, by itself, begin a wave of larger and more frequent quakes.
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They floated the trial balloon of actually cutting Social Security.
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When in the late summer of 2008 he first publicly floated a trial balloon about seeking a third term, he did it by saying he\'d have to \ "seriously think about\" running if the Council decided to upend the two-term constraint.
Jarrett Murphy: Power Politics: Bloomberg Unchecked
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They floated the trial balloon of actually cutting Social Security.
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Joe DiGenova, perpetual talking head and Bush administration trial balloonist, is putting out the word that Scooter Libby will be pardoned by President Bush.
June 2006
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Senator Lott is floating trial balloons to test public opinion on the bill.