check up
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Soon, Penny is dashing back and forth to check up on loved ones in three different hospital rooms, fending off police in two states, trying to solve a cold case Down Under and ignoring an IRS demand for $200,000 while trying to deal with waves of remembered trauma.
From Washington Post
Check up on friends, family & neighbors.
From Seattle Times
School staffers have also been conducting home visits, to check on attendance or just check up more generally.
From Washington Post
Hours later, after calling friends in the security services to check up on Mr. Banat’s condition and looking for him at local hospitals, the family learned that he was dead, Ammar Banat said.
From New York Times
She said she was told by doctors she should have a check up every four months.
From BBC
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