英语词汇“trial balloon”造句子简单的方法、技巧、例句及翻译-英语例句辞典

But most notable is the political book as trial balloon. Every candidate an author: The ceaseless boom in books by politicians 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z

These sentences were a sort of trial balloon for my editor. Susan Choi’s “Trust Exercise” and the Question of Appropriating Other People’s Lives as Fiction 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z

Aspiring candidates and officials will find good career advice; wonks will appreciate the ticktocks of negotiations on Israel, Iran and climate change; cynics will see it as a trial balloon for one last run. John Kerry Describes Politics as It Used to Be 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z

Watching her interlude, it hit me: Electra, a pop singer, model and muse, was a Kardashian trial balloon. In ‘The Last Dance,’ Michael Jordan and the Bulls Still Dominate 2020-04-19T04:00:00Z

And it becomes yet another trial balloon in our continuing test of how streamed entertainment figures into the landscape and at what cost. Watch List: Louis C. K. Releases His ‘Tomorrow Night,’ From 1998 2014-01-29T21:00:35Z

I wonder if this simulcast is a trial balloon for simulcasting the Ring cycle in August... See 'Madama Butterfly' for free Saturday 2012-05-05T05:01:06Z

Early forecasts of major policy proposals on the horizon, a.k.a. the grand tradition of the Washington trial balloon? The Trump White House provided reporters with a gusher of leaks. With Biden, everything’s changed. 2021-04-06T04:00:00Z

Add this to the many whiplash comeback tales that disgraced men in media and entertainment have floated — those little Page Six trial balloons filled with toxic gas — and even executed over the last two years. Ronan Farrow's high-wire act: Why it matters that "Catch and Kill" is such a page-turner 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z

It’s a fantasy, of course, a comic trial balloon. | The TV Watch: Saudi Arabia: Ramadan TV Gently Pushes Saudi Boundaries 2012-08-20T02:22:34Z

In my doomed starter marriage, we were at that point when most couples get a dog as a trial balloon for kids. It took a dog to make me a better human 2018-11-10T05:00:00Z

Sadly, late last night, Trump himself stuck a shiv in that trial balloon by announcing that he was endorsing Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio for the job, likely assuring his victory. The unseen casualties of the GOP's civil war 2023-10-06T04:00:00Z

The nominations of Jefferson and Kugler came after a string of trial balloons floating other potential candidates who failed to gain traction. Biden nominates Jefferson as Fed Vice Chair, Kugler to Fed Board 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z

"I think his completely made-up 'arrest on Tuesday' was a trial balloon to test his ability to summon a mob. If so, it's a test that failed." Indictment watch, Week 2: A panel of experts on what gruesome damage Trump will wreak next 2023-03-27T04:00:00Z

Mr. Khan’s petition amounts to a trial balloon, to see whether the court will agree that charges can be confirmed even if someone is not in custody. Here’s what to know about the I.C.C.’s arrest warrant for Putin. 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z

Because the last thing we need is a pricey cavalcade of trial balloons. Opinion | We don’t need a balloon defense program. We need patience. 2023-02-20T05:00:00Z

But they say the first round of bills will serve as trial balloons, which will help inform how future drag bills should be drafted. GOP targets drag shows with new bills in at least 14 states 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z

She might be bringing up this topic as a sort of a trial balloon — testing the waters to see if you will react. Advice | Ask Amy: My mother-in-law excludes us in favor of my husband’s ex-wife 2022-12-04T05:00:00Z

Indeed, the six-game suspension she levied on Watson for seemingly preying on women he had hired for massages wound up as nothing more than a trial balloon. Perspective | Deshaun Watson’s inadequate suspension gives Roger Goodell a chance to save face 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z

Gladchuk, though unsurprised by the outcry, characterized the response as alarmist and wildly premature to what he describes as the equivalent of a trial balloon. U.S. Naval Academy’s plan for new golf course angers environmentalists 2022-08-01T04:00:00Z

Schiff’s trial balloon has been met with surprise and skepticism that he could earn enough support to win, according to several lawmakers. Adam Schiff is jockeying to lead House Democrats. It won’t be easy. 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z

But the fact that this idea became one of the top items in the manifesto suggests that Orlando's trial balloon has become a core NatCon principle. "National Conservative" manifesto: A plan for fascism — but it's not hypothetical 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z

So, the Lakers floated their three leading candidates for coach to the media this week as a sort of trial balloon. Plaschke: He might be a long shot, but Doc Rivers still Lakers' best shot for coach 2022-05-21T04:00:00Z

That was a trial balloon of its own that was deflated by Goodell’s office Wednesday. Perspective | Deshaun Watson’s inadequate suspension gives Roger Goodell a chance to save face 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z

Fifteen-week bans are a trial balloon to see what voters will tolerate — and they may end up being a step toward more bans on abortion from the moment of fertilization. Opinion | We May End Up Living in Three Americas if Roe v. Wade Is Decimated 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z

“This film carries messages that serve as a trial balloon for ideas that are alien to us,” said Tamer Amin, a popular late-night host on Egyptian television. First Arabic Film by Netflix Stirs Fierce Morality Debate 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z

As matters now stand, the names of exceptionally qualified Black women are being floated as trial balloons and subjected to behind-the-scenes sniping and outright attack. Opinion | Biden should have been ready to make his Supreme Court pick 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z

But other Democrats and allied groups, while acknowledging the weaknesses in the existing procedure, also called the GOP trial balloons a distraction. GOP floats tweaks to vote-counting law targeted by Trump as Democrats make voting rights push 2022-01-05T05:00:00Z

A post on Medium claimed that Trump's Muslim ban was "a trial balloon for a coup." What matters most: Not what happened already — but what we do now 2021-12-31T05:00:00Z

MLB hasn’t given a timetable for when the system could reach the big leagues, but it’s clearly a trial balloon. Would robot umpires have prevented the Wilmer Flores Giants-Dodgers controversy? 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z

The move was surprising to some in the industry because the film’s release was ten weeks away and would be preceded by many other titles that could serve as trial balloons. Amid delta concerns, ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ release is moved from November to May 2022 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z

Perhaps this was done as a trial balloon to assess the public’s reaction. Opinion | Why the Biden administration’s recommendation on booster shots is a mistake 2021-08-18T04:00:00Z

To test Washington’s appetite for joining a new diplomatic initiative, Moon’s political allies are floating a trial balloon. Opinion | South Korea wants Biden to get serious about North Korea 2021-08-05T04:00:00Z

The announcement, therefore, was a trial balloon — a signal that cryptocurrencies are now as acceptable for donations as stocks, bonds, real estate and other investments. Nonprofits Get a New Type of Donation: Cryptocurrency 2021-07-30T04:00:00Z

The Arizona audit is a trial balloon to show how this would work. Trump's Arizona "audit" is unpopular — and that's the point 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z

Why target leaks by low-level government workers for prosecution when journalists allow so many high-ranking Washington officials to send out trial balloons, love notes and poison darts under the cloak of anonymity? Review | The mixed legacy of the Pentagon Papers: Secrets, leaks and prosecutions 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z

“This is a trial balloon for other funds,” he said. As Investors Switch to E.T.F.s, So Do Managers 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z

Pound’s trial balloon landed with a thud felt far from Ottawa, and with good reason. Column: Athletes can get in line for vaccines like everyone 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z

And after the attack, he floated several trial balloons in the mainstream press to test out the appetite for convicting Trump in a second impeachment trial. The great GOP crack up: Mitch McConnell is still scrambling to lead Donald Trump's Republican Party 2021-01-25T05:00:00Z

The next year, Mr. Warnock floated a trial balloon: a run for Senate against Johnny Isakson, a Republican incumbent who had recently disclosed that he had Parkinson’s disease. Raphael Warnock, From the Pulpit to Politics, Doesn’t Shy From ‘Uncomfortable’ Truths 2021-01-02T05:00:00Z

Morgan Stanley helped the World Bank sell a $10 million bond for cleaning up plastic waste in oceans — an admittedly small offering that the company saw as a trial balloon. How investors are coming up with the green to save the ocean blue 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z

Dimensional Fund Advisors is sending aloft a trial balloon of its own. As Investors Switch to E.T.F.s, So Do Managers 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z

That Mulan is the trial balloon for this release as opposed to, say, Black Widow — to name another derailed Disney release — is suspect and another weight on the back of an already overburdened film. Mulan is the year’s most beautiful letdown 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z

But the trial balloon that is “New Mutants” suggests that the road ahead for Hollywood will be anything but easy. Movies Are Returning to Theaters. Will Audiences Follow? 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z

The election delay trial balloon was popped; he didn’t bring that up again. Editorial Roundup: New York 2020-08-26T04:00:00Z

Mr. Trump’s behavior shows that he thrives on skirting legality, pushing boundaries and throwing up feints and trial balloons and then running with whichever outlandish proposal generates the least or weakest pushback. Opinion | Yes, Trump will try to steal the election 2020-08-21T04:00:00Z

This is a familiar strategy in which the authoritarian challenges norms and boundaries by floating trial balloons and then pretends to change his mind as a way to make the heretofore-unthinkable into something acceptable. There was no "Trump derangement syndrome": We were right about him all along 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z

The president returned to the topic on Thursday as means of justifying his suggestion that the general election might need to be postponed, a trial balloon that was widely panned by even his fellow Republicans. Why the Botched N.Y.C. Primary Has Become the November Nightmare 2020-08-03T04:00:00Z

Trump’s little trial balloon blew up like the Hindenburg. Opinion | Double, Double, Trump’s Toil, Our Trouble 2020-08-01T04:00:00Z

He has refused to commit to respecting the results and, even after his election-delay trial balloon was panned by Republican allies, he raised the specter on Thursday evening of months of lawsuits challenging the outcome. More Than Just a Tweet: Trump’s Campaign to Undercut Democracy 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z

You could, perhaps, take some solace in the fact that Trump’s fellow Republicans popped his trial balloon — and with astonishing rapidity, given their ordinary cowering from any risk of incurring presidential wrath. Opinion | One president pinned it. The other one nailed it. 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z

Last week, golf was the trial balloon in major American sports as one of the earliest to return to competition. The PGA Tour’s Return Offered a How-to Guide for Other Leagues 2020-06-15T04:00:00Z

Some think it was a trial balloon, floated so it could be popped by the predictable GOP outrage. Opinion | The battle over U.S. troop withdrawals is just beginning 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z

When Trump is not incongruously framing executive orders as hard-earned achievements, he's floating desperate trial balloons about everything from nuclear annihilation to recess-bully nicknames that, in his twisted noggin, are supposed to score some points. Donald Trump's chaos and cruelty set the tone for the nation — and here we are 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z

Or the Biden team may simply be touting her to journalists as a kind of trial balloon. Kamala’s stealth campaign: Media now boosting her VP chances 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z

Richard Stengel, who served in the State Department under former President Barack Obama, argued that Kushner's remark was "a dangerous trial balloon to undermine the Constitution and thwart the will of the people." Ignoring federal law, Jared Kushner won't "commit” to holding November's presidential election 2020-05-13T04:00:00Z

There already are trial balloons about bringing back the suspended Cora — he won that World Series, didn’t he? — to manage the Red Sox in 2021. Perspective | Following MLB’s Red Sox report, the biggest suspension is that of disbelief 2020-04-23T04:00:00Z

Bettman acknowledged that he and the general managers of the 31 clubs discussed holding the annual draft before the season ends but called that idea “a trial balloon” designed to spark discussion. Gary Bettman says the NHL is leaning against games in non-league cities 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z

Baseball — where players of color now make up more than a third of rosters — floated the trial balloon of playing games at spring training facilities in Arizona, sans fans. Perspective | Everyone wants sports back, but players aren’t chattel to be used toward that goal 2020-04-13T04:00:00Z

Around the same time, it sent up a tiny trial balloon in Tampere, Finland, offering something it called the McVegan. Restaurants are all in on plant-based burgers. Except McDonald’s. 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z

Making such threats is a type of trial balloon. Trump's authoritarian assault on democracy continues: What lies ahead? 2020-01-13T05:00:00Z

“A woman earning an advanced degree in meteorology wants a career, not a trial balloon that will burst when she begins to push forty,” she once remarked, according to Henson’s book. June Bacon-Bercey, pathbreaking TV meteorologist, dies at 90 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z

Its hallmarks include trial balloons, unpredictability and treaty busting — and the desire to keep the world on its toes. News Analysis: Trump has little to show for his efforts on Iran, North Korea 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z

Others viewed Putin’s remarks as a trial balloon, designed to test the waters on the possibility of extending his term. Putin suggests altering constitution to limit presidential term 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z

This year amounts to a trial balloon of sorts for the ISL. New pro swimming league has expansion plans beyond Tokyo Olympics 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z

If Trump wins in 2020, those trial balloons of fascist threats will be able to be made real. Trump's authoritarian assault on democracy continues: What lies ahead? 2020-01-13T05:00:00Z

As Klobuchar spoke on Sunday, one news outlet reported that “sources close” to Bloomberg were already walking back the likelihood that he will enter the race, describing his move this week as a trial balloon. Klobuchar attacks Bloomberg and Buttigieg as Democrat infighting grows 2019-11-10T05:00:00Z

Kentucky's Senate President Robert Stivers, a Republican, has already openly floated that trial balloon, arguing that if Kentuckians had simply voted differently Bevin would have won. Republicans won't concede: They react to sweeping losses by attacking democracy 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z

Foes argue that Proposition CC would result in taxpayers forfeiting all future refunds with no guarantees on where the money would be spent — and serve as a “trial balloon” for a repeal of TABOR. Colorado Democrats seek to keep taxpayer refunds with ballot measure 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z

Some are still in the trial balloon stage. West Virginia editorial roundup 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z

It could also have been a trial balloon to see how the call was received before making a decision on the full complaint. Analysis | 7 takeaways from the rough transcript of Trump’s call with Ukraine’s president 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z

But the trial balloon fell as quickly as it was floated. Could New York Take Its Place Between Iowa and New Hampshire in 2020? 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z

Some EU sources perceive a British trial balloon being floated over Brussels. Brexit: Boris Johnson says people 'shouldn't get hopes up too soon' about prospects of deal - live news 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z

"If these reports are a trial balloon from the White House," Lewis added, "then it's time to pop it." Leaked draft of Trump executive order to "censor the internet" denounced as unconstitutional edict 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z

The talk was meant as a trial balloon, intended to see how markets would react to the hint of normalization. Special Report: How Japan turned against its 'bazooka'-wielding... 2019-06-17T04:00:00Z

At best, the portal could serve as a trial balloon on a very general scale that pushes NHL Seattle in a direction it may have already been leaning. Seattle ‘Wonders’ as name for the new NHL team? It’s already been done — in Sweden. 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z

In March, the chamber sent up a trial balloon proposing phasing in increases that would raise the tax per gallon from 19 cents to 44 cents. Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in Illinois 2019-05-14T04:00:00Z

“Everything that he says is a trial balloon — even his, quote, jokes are trial balloons,” said Ruth Ben-Ghiat, a New York University professor who studies authoritarian rulers. Two more years? Trump’s retweet sets off a furor over the idea of bonus time. 2019-05-06T04:00:00Z

A source close to President Macron also called Mr Tusk's one-year proposal "a clumsy trial balloon". Brexit: EU weighs risks of going into extra time 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z

Was Trump’s DOD simply floating a trial balloon to measure lawmakers’ reaction or is this a serious proposal? For border barriers, Trump eyes funds from military pay and pensions 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z

I hate to burst this trial balloon, but is it possible Silver is all sizzle and no steak? Perspective | The NBA All-Star Game is pointless, but actual NBA games are full of intrigue 2019-02-17T05:00:00Z

This is a classic way of floating the traditional “trial balloon” to see how people would react. Hillary Clinton floats 2020 presidential run: ‘Look, I’m not closing the doors to this’ 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z

The trial balloons for Mr. Trump’s address are flying in from every direction. Scripting Trump’s SOTU address 2019-01-21T05:00:00Z

It was unclear if Mr. Hoyer was floating a trial balloon for a deal to end the shutdown, or if he was just off script. Steny Hoyer says border walls not ‘immoral,’ breaks with Nancy Pelosi 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z

“This is a trial balloon,” wrote Vulture’s Mark Harris. Ellen DeGeneres' support for Kevin Hart sparks debate in LGBTQ community 2019-01-04T05:00:00Z

Weinstein’s case has been watched closely by activists and Hollywood as a trial balloon for future criminal proceedings against alleged abusers in the entertainment and other industries. Weinstein fails in bid to get charges dismissed 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z

The origin story Bumblebee isn’t just a movie, it’s a trial balloon — a check-in to see whether Transformers die-hards will support a long, profitable run of cinematic spin-offs. Bumblebee proves Transformers movies can actually be resonant and emotional 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z

With every vacancy, names of outstanding women are floated on trial balloons, only to burst somewhere inside the Oval Office. Opinion | The least-bad solution to the Kavanaugh dilemma 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z

What it says about the future: This definitely looks like a trial balloon for Disney. The Verge fall movie preview, November 2018 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z

The dinner attendee told me, “It wasn’t a trial balloon. They were trying to socialize the idea.” Israeli, Saudi, and Emirati Officials Privately Pushed for Trump to Strike a “Grand Bargain” with Putin 2018-07-10T04:00:00Z

Consider the White House trial balloon that suggested the government could consolidate safety net programs to make them easier to slash. Perspective | This was the most gutting month for liberals in half a century 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z

And Ms. Winfrey, who is worth an estimated $2.9 billion, created a stir in January after she delivered a stirring speech at the Golden Globes that sounded to many like a presidential trial balloon. Schultz 2020? Other C.E.O.s Will Be Watching Closely 2018-06-04T04:00:00Z

Mr. Trump first floated the Peace House in a morning tweet that felt like a trial balloon or even an exercise in crowdsourcing. Trump, Hoping for ‘Great Celebration,’ Wants to Hold North Korea Talks in DMZ 2018-04-30T04:00:00Z

Within the president’s orbit, people described Trump as furious and “lit up” by the recent developments, and floating a trial balloon to test the boundaries of trying to halt Mueller’s burgeoning probe. Federal probe into Trump’s lawyer seeks records about two women who alleged affairs with the president 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z

Perhaps the trial balloon by Mr. Zhirinovsky was just that, sent aloft to see how any changes to the system would fly. Vladimir Putin sends warning to West 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z

Meanwhile, a White House trial balloon to trade additional years of wall funding for a temporary reprieve for immigrants brought to the country illegally as children — commonly called “Dreamers” — landed with a thud last week. Shutdown looming, Congress and White House seek budget deal 2018-03-18T04:00:00Z

Senate Democratic Leader Charles Schumer accused Mr Trump of "floating trial balloons about derailing" the investigation. Republicans warn Trump over Russia probe 2018-03-18T04:00:00Z

Plaintiffs’ lawyers and addiction specialists began floating trial balloon solutions, all the more remarkable given that, as one lawyer said, “we’re just at the beginning of the beginning.” Can This Judge Solve the Opioid Crisis? 2018-03-05T05:00:00Z

Most musicians hate fans to hear their nascent demos, those early trial balloons punctured by bum notes and bad decisions. From Kurt Cobain to Adele: early demos from the biggest names in music 2018-03-05T05:00:00Z

Some suggested the proposal was leaked as a trial balloon meant to gauge the public's appetite for the policy. Why everyone is freaking out about a White House plan to nationalize the country’s 5G data networks 2018-01-29T05:00:00Z

FCC Commissioner Michael O’Rielly, one of many critics of the presumed “trial balloon” proposal to have the government roll out 5G wireless network technology. Speaking of Business: ‘Things can be replaced. People can’t.’ 2018-02-03T05:00:00Z

The N.F.L. has used the Thursday night package as a trial balloon, keeping contract lengths short and experimenting with digital partnerships. Fox Gets N.F.L. Thursday Night Games 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z

The comments this weekend by Defense Minister Gen. Amir Hatami appear to be a trial balloon to test the reaction of the idea, long pushed by Iran’s relative moderate President Hassan Rouhani. Iran may try to loosen Revolutionary Guard’s grip on economy 2018-01-21T05:00:00Z

Considered a sort of trial balloon to better understand the market, the app was introduced anonymously by Facebook through a separate company. Executive Behind Facebook’s China Charm Campaign Is Out 2018-01-19T05:00:00Z

Both trial balloons, which were perceived as slightly desperate, were quickly shot down, and for good reason. At E.U. Meeting, a Hobbled Merkel and a Stalled Agenda 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z

Conference of Mayors, said the group would not comment on “trial balloons.” Mayors say many American families would be hurt by GOP plan to kill state and local tax deduction 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z

Delicate negotiations in Congress or the White House need space for trial balloons, plausible deniability and strategic maneuvering — without being immediately shot to pieces by outside interest groups and the media. Donald Trump Can Stop Leaks If He Stops Acting Like Donald Trump 2017-08-08T04:00:00Z

The next trial balloon was obviously going to be limiting immigration. Opinion | Fear-mongering and marginalization should not be American policy 2017-08-07T04:00:00Z

Some are perfectly legal trial balloons floated to test public reaction to an idea before it’s formally announced. All types of leaks: good, bad, gossipy, ‘shiv in the ribs’ 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z

That’s some pressure the movie doesn’t shoulder well, considering it’s hardly the unqualified success of other trial balloons, like “Iron Man,” “X-Men” or even “Man of Steel.” Review | ‘The Mummy’ is an ominous introduction to a new movie universe 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z

Then administration officials would strategically leak specific details and issue trial balloons, after which top members of the economic team would hit the airwaves to sell the plan to the public. Bizarre budget afterthought: Why is Team Trump unveiling his terrible budget while the president is overseas? 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z

Some have gained considerable traction, such as Google engineer Yonatan Zunger’s late January post on Medium that the travel ban was “the trial balloon for a coup d’état.” Opinion | Don’t fight Trump with conspiracy theories. What’s there is damning enough. 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z

Many saw the DoJ’s attempt to wriggle out of the Baltimore consent decree as a trial balloon for trying to back out of older agreements that are already in place with other cities. Baltimore mother seeks justice years after son was killed by police 2017-04-09T04:00:00Z

Gossip floats around Washington just like the trial balloons, but gossip isn’t the same as a leak. All types of leaks: good, bad, gossipy, ‘shiv in the ribs’ 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z

Analysts say the NFL viewed Twitter as a trial balloon for digital partners. Here's why Amazon is paying so much more to stream 'Thursday Night Football' 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z

Hence, as the New York Times reported, the trial balloon of seeing if Planned Parenthood would be willing to stop providing abortions. Opinion | Stop the grandstanding on Planned Parenthood 2017-03-07T05:00:00Z

And then there was that immigration trial balloon. Ever a Showman, Donald Trump Keeps Washington Guessing 2017-02-28T05:00:00Z

Mr. Perriello said Mr. Trump “ran the most viciously racist campaign of my lifetime,” and cited the president’s “trial balloon” about using the National Guard for deportations. Primary for Virginia Governor Tests Power of an Anti-Trump Campaign 2017-02-26T05:00:00Z

On Thursday the Trump White House sent up a trial balloon, suggesting it could fund its border wall through a tax on goods imported from Mexico. Republicans are excited about a Mexico import tax – but not because of the wall 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z

Kuiken suggests that FDA’s document is more of a “trial balloon”—a first attempt to collect safety data on a broad range of gene-editing techniques. Proposed U.S. biotech rules raise industry hopes and anxieties 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z

And she was like, ‘you’re probably right. He’s just testing these trial balloons.’ Paul Beatty: ‘For me, Trump’s America has always existed’ 2017-01-21T05:00:00Z

“For presidents historically, there is a buffer, wherein Cabinet members state positions sometimes as trial balloons. If it’s the president, there is no buffer,” he said. Donald Trump ignores critics, takes to Twitter to revitalize presidential bully pulpit 2016-12-12T05:00:00Z

Trump’s Taiwan trial balloon has put the wind up the entire region, where tensions linked to China’s growing economic dominance, military buildup and territorial ambitions are ever-present. Beijing grits teeth in face of Trump's tweets 2016-12-05T05:00:00Z

When an American politician is considering a Presidential campaign, it’s common to float a “trial balloon.” Trump and the Truth: The Viral Candidate 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z

The Clinton team may just be floating an inconsequential trial balloon or trying to drum up pre-election enthusiasm within the party's base. US election: Clinton 'eyes Biden for top diplomat job' - BBC News 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z

Early this year, senior officials in several provinces began to refer to Mr. Xi as the “core,” in what some political analysts saw as a trial balloon. China’s Xi Jinping Tightens His Hold on Communist Party 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z

The show “is not a trial balloon,” he added. Trump TV Offers (Fledgling) Framework for Potential Media Future 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z

It was part of the plan, he said, to gauge the public’s response, like a trial balloon, to see whether a deal was worth doing. Donald Trump’s Ventures Began With a Lot of Hype. Here’s How They Turned Out. 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z

In 2011, Trump floated the most bizarre trial balloon in American political history. Trump and the Truth: The Viral Candidate 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z

He said that, while one should “never say never,” this was not a trial balloon for an attempt to buy rights when the NBC deal expires. With the World Cup, ESPN and a pair of familiar faces return, briefly, to hockey 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z

One useful and counterintuitive aspect of Fedspeak is that it acts as a trial balloon, intentionally or not. All Eyes on Last Fed Speech Before a Week of Silence 2016-09-11T04:00:00Z

That’s the latest trial balloon for transforming the world’s most popular sporting event. Could All of North America Play Host to the World Cup? 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z

“Is this a trial balloon? Are they trying to figure out how his base will react?” asked Alfonso Aguilar, who headed the office of citizenship at U.S. Can Donald Trump really round up and deport 11 million people? 2016-08-23T04:00:00Z

The public display of friendship seems to be a trial balloon, and many wondered when it would be burst by the pinprick of reality. Fear of a female administration? We’ll see 2016-07-06T04:00:00Z

It created a laboratory for up-and-coming coaches and officials and a trial balloon for rules and broadcast experiments. 'You didn't play to get rich': what killed NFL Europe? 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z

The district floated a trial balloon this year when, for the first time, it passed a budget without asking the federal government’s permission. New Columbia? Washington DC sees new hope in fight for statehood 2016-06-12T04:00:00Z

"These comments are like trial balloons to see if they can get concessions," said Araujo, who said ultimately he didn't see the Senate bringing Rousseff back. Scandal-prone Brazil government casts doubt on impeachment 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z

Conservative author Bill Kristol’s third party dream was dealt another setback last Sunday as National Review writer David French burst the trial balloon and announced he wasn’t going to run for president. Why Donald Trump's Attacks on the Judge Make the GOP Nervous 2016-06-06T04:00:00Z

But while the trial balloon earned plaudits from Mitt Romney and other Trump opponents, most of America was left asking “who?” Why Donald Trump's Press Attacks Matter 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z

As it looks to diversify, the company is floating other trial balloons. After the iPhone: Apple eyes Time Warner and TV for its next act 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z

One prominent example: At the behest of the White House, Winchell spent months floating trial balloons for Franklin D. Roosevelt and his ambitions for a third term. Donald Trump is a serial liar. More upsetting is that no one seems to care 2016-05-15T04:00:00Z

But leaking news that ICE has lined up a group of banks to help finance a possible deal was a handy trial balloon to test the reaction of ICE shareholders, analysts said. ICE may have more time to consider bid for London bourse 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z

But in retrospect it’s starting to look like a trial balloon. Recent editorials from Texas newspapers 2016-04-26T04:00:00Z

“I can’t think of any good argument against it,” said Mr. Nungesser, who floated his proposition — at this point, just a trial balloon — in a telephone interview this week. Louisiana Politician Sees Hollywood Gold in State’s Future 2016-04-05T04:00:00Z

That trial balloon attracted media interest beyond scientific journals. Pyros the Bear, Brought to Replenish the Pyrenees’ Ursine Population, May Have Been Too Successful 2016-04-01T04:00:00Z

This year, we might get a so-called first gentleman and put that trial balloon to the test. How Donald Trump makes Ted Cruz look like a feminist 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z

An unconventional trial balloon was floated yesterday when sources close to the process said the White House was considering Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval, a relatively moderate Republican, for the Supreme Court. Nevada's Sandoval withdraws from Supreme Court consideration 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z

But, even after it’s been popped, the Sandoval trial balloon merits an autopsy: It was a horrible idea and should not be repeated in any form. The “Brian Sandoval for SCOTUS” experiment was everything wrong with Democratic politics 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z

Indeed, in the two weeks since people close to him first launched this trial balloon, there’s been no public clamoring for his potential candidacy. Former NYC mayor inches closer to independent 2016 bid 2016-02-09T05:00:00Z

Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire and former New York mayor who floated a trial balloon over the weekend about an independent run, knows this. Democrats would be insane to nominate Bernie Sanders 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z

So why dismiss the Bloomberg trial balloon out of hand, given all the other outlandish things that are happening? Could Michael Bloomberg really win? 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z

Despite his reputation for lacking pathos, I suspect that Michael Bloomberg’s motivations for launching this trial balloon are, fundamentally, sentimental. Michael Bloomberg is very bored: Why the billionaire ex-mayor wants you to think he might run for president 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z

Bloomberg is floating a trial balloon, but he appears to be sending it aloft with serious intent. Michael Bloomberg’s Presidential Trial Balloon 2016-01-24T05:00:00Z

The Washington Post reported late yesterday that the former mayor isn’t done floating trial balloons. Former NYC mayor inches closer to independent 2016 bid 2016-02-09T05:00:00Z

This is starting to become a tried-and-true barometer of the nervousness of GOP elites: The rerun Mitt Romney comeback trial balloon. Has Trump finally gone off the rails? 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z

A Western diplomat said the Russian document appeared to be "a trial balloon" to test international reaction, and also to calm any uneasiness among Assad's entourage. Assad's opponents dismiss Russian ideas for solving Syria crisis 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z

The spin room buzz was that Clinton’s strong performance takes some air out of the Biden trial balloons. The Daily 202: Hillary Clinton won the debate (and six other takeaways from Las Vegas) 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z

On Friday, the Obama administration floated a trial balloon suggesting the president is considering taking executive action on gun control. Gun nuts, too fanatical to recognize they’re winning: How they’ve come completely unhinged 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z

Skeptical Republicans concluded this was a trial balloon for the Democratic narrative about the Republicans’ alleged “war on women.” What to Look for on Debate Night 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z

You send up a trial balloon, you’re likely to get killed with it yourself. The Kansas Experiment 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z

Still, I suspect that the Biden trial balloon is less a mark of certain entry than a placeholder, a canny reminder that Biden remains available as a break-in-case-of-emergency candidate if Clinton fizzles. Why Hillary Clinton needs a little bit of Biden-ness 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z

Over the weekend, Biden supporters sent up a trial balloon to see what the world would think of the Vice-President joining the race. Joe Biden’s Respect Calculation 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z

Many saw the NRC members launching a trial balloon for interests higher up in the regime. Thailand Takes Another Flutter At Casinos, Las Vegas Sands Wants To Play 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z

But for the most part, Cameron appeared to be laying out his philosophy, floating a trial balloon of sorts before the government publishes its counterterrorism strategy in the fall. Britain’s Cameron outlines strategy to fight Islamist extremism 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z

But the most notable factor is the political book as trial balloon. From Ulysses S Grant to Barack Obama - US politicians can’t stop writing books 2015-06-13T04:00:00Z

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech at the Herzliya diplomatic gathering on July 9 was a first, cautious trial balloon of sorts for what political sources in Israel call his "autumn restart." Netanyahu's 'Autumn Restart' Plan 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z

“This is not a trial balloon for retirement.” Meet a federal phased-retirement pioneer 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z

An email in which the writer gives an opinion or floats a trial balloon could be exempt. FOIA law on Rauner’s refusal to reveal reform legislation 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z

In other words, it wasn’t a trial balloon – Walker is evidently serious about this. GOP candidates start a race to the bottom on immigration 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z

The response to this trial balloon from most party officials and operatives had been a gentle pat on the head: How do we say this? Bye-bye, Mitt! The dream is over, America 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z

Mr Romney's trial balloon seems to be leaking air and is in danger of sagging to the ground. Romney 2016: The 'definition of insanity'? 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z

Romney’s activity indicates that his declaration of interest Friday to a group of 30 donors in New York was more than the release of a trial balloon. Romney moves to reassemble campaign team for ‘almost certain’ 2016 bid 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z

It’s quite likely this is a trial balloon of sorts, intended to buy time and gauge reactions. Romney 2016? 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z

Maybe it was some kind of trial balloon? GOP candidates start a race to the bottom on immigration 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z

This was a useful trial balloon — and it ought to focus thinking in the Kremlin. Stop the nuclear treaty breakdown before it escalates 2014-12-28T05:00:00Z

He gave an interview to The Washington Post earlier this month laying out his vision for the next nominee — it struck many political observers as a trial balloon. Your 2014 guide to 2016 presidential contenders 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z

Maybe it’s all a trial balloon to test the market, to see just how strong the opposition is within the Republican base. Jeb Bush: Front-runner, underdog or both? 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler offered a widely-panned “trial balloon” on a hybrid approach, attempting to combine both available jurisdictional hooks to hang his net neutrality rules. On Net Neutrality, FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler Had It Right The First Time 2014-11-18T05:00:00Z

“This President has been floating the trial balloon on executive amnesty for a long time,” says Rep. Steve King, Iowa Republican, who warns that a “Constitutional crisis” will follow. Inside the Beltway: Immigration and Obama’s audacity 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z

Everyone seems to hate the FCC’s latest trial balloon, floated by unnamed sources in the Wall Street Journal. No One Is Willing to Compromise on Internet Rules 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z

He's floated a trial balloon about a potential bid, but said Sunday on "Meet the Press" that he's "taking it one day at a time." Bernie Sanders, Jim Webb Enter The Chase 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z

“I don’t think he’s intimidated by the long odds. It’s not in his makeup to be fearful, and I think he’s putting a trial balloon out there because he is probably going to run.” Jim Webb, former senator from Va., takes on his party’s hawks. And maybe Clinton.

“Maybe it’s a trial balloon to see if Ma Ying-jeou is really eager for a Ma-Xi meeting,” Liu said, referring to what would be an unprecedented encounter between the two presidents. Taiwan rebuffs Chinese leader's new pitch for unification 2014-09-27T04:00:00Z

The Sunday talk shows have long made news — and continue to do so — because they are America’s finest launching pad for political trial balloons. Five myths about the Sunday talk shows

Floating hopeful trial balloons on immigration and then gleefully popping them is a Boehner specialty. “Cut Boehner off at the knees”: How to finally end the GOP’s immigration charade 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z

We decided to send up some trial balloons. The True Price of Customer Service 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z

If this is just a trial balloon, the time to shoot it down is now. Amnesty as impeachment bait

Republicans are sending up trial balloons to see what works, he said, so Democrats need to be ready to pop them as they come. A silver lining in early attacks on Clinton? 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z

“This looks like a trial balloon,” said James Brown, an energy expert at Temple University’s Japan campus in Tokyo. Japan gives green light to restart pair of nuclear reactors

A recent FCC trial balloon sought to ensure that newsrooms were reporting the way the government thought they should. The Stinker That Is Net Neutrality 2014-07-15T04:00:00Z

It really was a trial balloon, launched from Nevada, where the company conducts tests to improve the technology. Google confirms Yakima Loon balloon crash 2014-06-03T04:00:00Z

Presumably the one that crashed near Yakima was a trial balloon. Google Loon balloon crashes near Yakima 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z

An I.P.O. by Vietnam Airlines might be a trial balloon that leads to systemic economic changes by Vietnamese leaders, said Edmund J. Malesky, a Vietnam expert and a professor of political science at Duke University. Competition Intensifies in Vietnam’s Aviation Sector 2014-04-01T00:40:42Z

Asked whether Fanell's comments could be a "trial balloon" signaling a possible toughening of the U.S. military posture in the region, Kirby said: "I would refute that absolutely, not a trial balloon." Pentagon plays down intelligence officer's provocative China assessment 2014-02-21T01:39:34Z

It was not clear whether the Al Ahram report was the work of an overzealous editor who failed to consult his superiors, a trial balloon or just a mistake. Egypt Denies Morsi and U.S. Joined in a Plot 2013-07-22T00:59:15Z

Palestinian leaders denied the reports, saying they were Israeli “spin” and “trial balloons.” Progress in Middle East Peace Talks Must Be Made Soon, Kerry Says 2013-06-26T16:02:09Z

They floated trial balloons to see how the idea played among friends and family. How to Succeed in the (Legal) Pot Business 2013-06-25T09:00:01Z

For Ms. Scandole, who previously worked as a nanny, the job is something of a career trial balloon. | Marianna Scandole: Marianna Scandole Is a Host on the Hampton Jitney 2013-05-25T03:16:03Z

His remarks yesterday were most likely a trial balloon. Analysis: Markets face rough summer ride as Fed pullback feared 2013-05-23T21:47:05Z

Like all shots across the bow–maybe it’s better labeled a trial balloon–this one is not aimed directly at its target. With Subscriptions, YouTube Fires Shot Across Cable TV's Bow 2013-05-09T22:01:52Z

“This is a trial balloon,” an Israeli intelligence official says of Damascus’ alleged use of chemical weapons. Syria's Possible Chemical Weapons and a Reminder that Intel Isn't Always Right 2013-04-26T11:05:21Z

No, this was a trial balloon, some misleading pundits say. Cyprus is no reason to hide your money 2013-03-21T17:24:44Z

Did anyone even notice the trial balloon on military base closings before it was shot down? Viewpoint: Obama, Give In to the Irrational GOP 2013-03-21T12:35:25Z

The next pope can pop those trial balloons by energetically deploying Christianity's most underutilized asset these days: doctrinal orthodoxy. What to Look for in a New Pope 2013-03-09T00:05:49Z

It smells to me like a trial balloon that will be popped if the pushback is significant. Gay Eagle Scout: I never thought I’d see this day 2013-01-29T19:54:00Z

As always, columns about the fiscal cliff negotiation must start with a warning: Many trial balloons go up in the air and crash. Compromise or betrayal? 2012-12-19T18:01:00Z

Recent trial balloons include limiting sentences to a few months, providing inmates with weekend furloughs or requiring the police to issue written verdicts. Changing of the Guard: Chinese Opposition to Labor Camps Widens 2012-12-15T02:57:49Z

Lawmakers involved in the debate gathered in Washington on Tuesday for the first time since the elections, setting the stage for a week of trial balloons and rhetorical repositioning. Budget deficit rises to $120 billion in October 2012-11-13T19:09:53Z

Such anonymous leaks are sometimes used in Japan as trial balloons to test public reaction to policy shifts. China Snubs Financial Meetings in Japan in Dispute Over Islands 2012-10-10T14:13:07Z

This looks to me like a trial balloon. Gay Eagle Scout: I never thought I’d see this day 2013-01-29T19:54:00Z

And yet it’s worth trying to pop these trial balloons when they go up, as progressive outrage may have scuttled any cave-in on Medicare eligibility. Compromise or betrayal? 2012-12-19T18:01:00Z

Facebook’s trial balloon Monday on the controversial idea of allowing children under 13 on its network was immediately met with resistance from some lawmakers and child development experts. Facebook and kids: a business bet 2012-06-05T14:15:00Z

Mr. Weber said he was not speaking for Mr. Romney; I was on the same panel, and my strong impression is that Mr. Weber was floating trial balloons. Economix Blog: Simon Johnson: Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan's Budget 2012-05-03T09:00:16Z

But unlike that speech, Tuesday’s speech will not be a trial balloon for a presidential campaign, Mr. Hubbard said. A G.O.P. Counterweight to Obama, but So Far Just in Speech Response 2012-01-24T01:15:32Z

When you talk about this as a trial balloon, I suppose one of the things they’re wondering about is how the evangelical base of Scouting, one might say, will respond to this. Gay Eagle Scout: I never thought I’d see this day 2013-01-29T19:54:00Z

So was his announcement anything more than a trial balloon? U.K. Looks to 'Rebalance' Economy; Tech University Would Play Role 2012-01-22T19:55:09Z

He called the announcement a “trial balloon” because Sebelius issued it as guidance, not as a rule. States May Set Coverage Rules for Health Plans in 2014 2011-12-16T20:37:01Z

"But whether this is a trial balloon and gets shot down in the short run, who's to say?" Japan mulls $13 billion Fukushima bailout 2011-12-08T13:14:52Z

Bold design studies, and even the whimsical trial balloons that can make an auto show memorable, were scarce. A Lighter Shade of Green at L.A. Auto Show 2011-11-18T18:17:16Z

NEW YORK—As the clock ticks down on a deal to raise the debt ceiling, the partisan bickering and floating of trial balloons are pricking Treasury bond holders' nerves. Bumpy Ride Likely for Treasurys 2011-07-17T17:55:50Z

And McConnell’s timing in floating a contingency plan trial balloon implicitly calls into question Cantor’s ability to reach an agreement with Democrats. Cantor's Choice: Debt Ceiling Negotiations Hinge on the Congressman from Virginia 2011-07-13T21:17:19Z

Each side seems to be throwing up trial balloons that get shot down by their own parties. Business seen vulnerable in eventual U.S. tax revamp 2011-07-12T20:20:06Z

Another trial balloon raised the possibility that the president would nominate one of Ms. Warren’s deputies. An Agency Builder, but Not Yet Its Leader 2011-07-05T00:53:36Z

If I were a suspicious person, I might wonder whether this week’s “leak” of a new Washington Wizards logo was a trial balloon. For his next trick, Leonsis should fix the wizard 2011-03-10T19:24:00Z

The White House trial balloon was popped even before it was floated. Senate Dems Agree to GOP Spending Cuts 2011-03-01T21:05:00Z

When Federal Reserve officials begin floating trial balloons about higher borrowing costs, the Bank of Japan will still be trapped. Hedge Funds Get S&P’s Invite to ‘Sputnik Moment’: William Pesek 2011-01-27T23:50:07Z

Mike Castle, who was last seen losing to Christine O'Donnell in Delaware's GOP Senate primary last week, is floating a trial balloon of his own. More Tea Party fallout: Another GOP write-in campaign? 2010-09-23T16:44:00Z

The White House had pushed back strongly against suggestions that the piece represented a trial balloon. Obama won't back Bush tax cut extension for rich 2010-09-08T04:01:00Z

Others have said the sale process could just be a trial balloon to see what price Barnes & Noble could fetch. Barnes & Noble proxy war and earnings complicate sale 2010-08-20T20:45:00Z

The proposed law is seen by many activists and researchers as a trial balloon before a possible national rollout. Is the Right to Strike Coming to China? 2010-08-05T21:00:00Z

If the president has a trial balloon to send up, he can use the W.H. press corps to float it. The media's real bias: Caring about itself too much 2010-08-02T14:30:00Z

You are going to see a lot of trial balloons over the next several weeks. Congress nears deal on bank trading crackdown 2010-06-14T18:26:00Z

Rogers wasn't the only one reacting badly to the trial balloon. A CEO's Playbook for the Climate War 2010-06-03T21:00:00Z

Sunstein had, during his academic career, a penchant for publishing trial balloons — they were a necessary part of his inquiry, a perpetual what if? Cass Sunstein Wants to Nudge Us 2010-05-14T01:31:00Z

It seems very unlikely that this is some sort of trial balloon, that the Democrats will move to employ the so-called "nuclear option" and end the filibuster. 2010-01-18T17:05:00Z

For many weeks in succession the little trial balloons thrown up to show the course of the wind were driven back upon the shores of France. Wonderful Balloon Ascents

It is a colourful admixture of indignation and triumphalism, veiled threats and promises, trial balloons and drama, the daily equivalent of the romance. After the Rain : how the West lost the East

This profile reflects detailed comments on an earlier `trial balloon' version from about a hundred Usenet respondents. The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000

单词	trial balloon
例句	trial balloon But most notable is the political book as trial balloon. Every candidate an author: The ceaseless boom in books by politicians 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z These sentences were a sort of trial balloon for my editor. Susan Choi’s “Trust Exercise” and the Question of Appropriating Other People’s Lives as Fiction 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z Aspiring candidates and officials will find good career advice; wonks will appreciate the ticktocks of negotiations on Israel, Iran and climate change; cynics will see it as a trial balloon for one last run. John Kerry Describes Politics as It Used to Be 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z Watching her interlude, it hit me: Electra, a pop singer, model and muse, was a Kardashian trial balloon. In ‘The Last Dance,’ Michael Jordan and the Bulls Still Dominate 2020-04-19T04:00:00Z And it becomes yet another trial balloon in our continuing test of how streamed entertainment figures into the landscape and at what cost. Watch List: Louis C. K. Releases His ‘Tomorrow Night,’ From 1998 2014-01-29T21:00:35Z I wonder if this simulcast is a trial balloon for simulcasting the Ring cycle in August... See 'Madama Butterfly' for free Saturday 2012-05-05T05:01:06Z Early forecasts of major policy proposals on the horizon, a.k.a. the grand tradition of the Washington trial balloon? The Trump White House provided reporters with a gusher of leaks. With Biden, everything’s changed. 2021-04-06T04:00:00Z Add this to the many whiplash comeback tales that disgraced men in media and entertainment have floated — those little Page Six trial balloons filled with toxic gas — and even executed over the last two years. Ronan Farrow's high-wire act: Why it matters that "Catch and Kill" is such a page-turner 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z It’s a fantasy, of course, a comic trial balloon. \| The TV Watch: Saudi Arabia: Ramadan TV Gently Pushes Saudi Boundaries 2012-08-20T02:22:34Z In my doomed starter marriage, we were at that point when most couples get a dog as a trial balloon for kids. It took a dog to make me a better human 2018-11-10T05:00:00Z Sadly, late last night, Trump himself stuck a shiv in that trial balloon by announcing that he was endorsing Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio for the job, likely assuring his victory. The unseen casualties of the GOP's civil war 2023-10-06T04:00:00Z The nominations of Jefferson and Kugler came after a string of trial balloons floating other potential candidates who failed to gain traction. Biden nominates Jefferson as Fed Vice Chair, Kugler to Fed Board 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z "I think his completely made-up 'arrest on Tuesday' was a trial balloon to test his ability to summon a mob. If so, it's a test that failed." Indictment watch, Week 2: A panel of experts on what gruesome damage Trump will wreak next 2023-03-27T04:00:00Z Mr. Khan’s petition amounts to a trial balloon, to see whether the court will agree that charges can be confirmed even if someone is not in custody. Here’s what to know about the I.C.C.’s arrest warrant for Putin. 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z Because the last thing we need is a pricey cavalcade of trial balloons. Opinion \| We don’t need a balloon defense program. We need patience. 2023-02-20T05:00:00Z But they say the first round of bills will serve as trial balloons, which will help inform how future drag bills should be drafted. GOP targets drag shows with new bills in at least 14 states 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z She might be bringing up this topic as a sort of a trial balloon — testing the waters to see if you will react. Advice \| Ask Amy: My mother-in-law excludes us in favor of my husband’s ex-wife 2022-12-04T05:00:00Z Indeed, the six-game suspension she levied on Watson for seemingly preying on women he had hired for massages wound up as nothing more than a trial balloon. Perspective \| Deshaun Watson’s inadequate suspension gives Roger Goodell a chance to save face 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z Gladchuk, though unsurprised by the outcry, characterized the response as alarmist and wildly premature to what he describes as the equivalent of a trial balloon. U.S. Naval Academy’s plan for new golf course angers environmentalists 2022-08-01T04:00:00Z Schiff’s trial balloon has been met with surprise and skepticism that he could earn enough support to win, according to several lawmakers. Adam Schiff is jockeying to lead House Democrats. It won’t be easy. 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z But the fact that this idea became one of the top items in the manifesto suggests that Orlando's trial balloon has become a core NatCon principle. "National Conservative" manifesto: A plan for fascism — but it's not hypothetical 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z So, the Lakers floated their three leading candidates for coach to the media this week as a sort of trial balloon. Plaschke: He might be a long shot, but Doc Rivers still Lakers' best shot for coach 2022-05-21T04:00:00Z That was a trial balloon of its own that was deflated by Goodell’s office Wednesday. Perspective \| Deshaun Watson’s inadequate suspension gives Roger Goodell a chance to save face 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z Fifteen-week bans are a trial balloon to see what voters will tolerate — and they may end up being a step toward more bans on abortion from the moment of fertilization. Opinion \| We May End Up Living in Three Americas if Roe v. Wade Is Decimated 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z “This film carries messages that serve as a trial balloon for ideas that are alien to us,” said Tamer Amin, a popular late-night host on Egyptian television. First Arabic Film by Netflix Stirs Fierce Morality Debate 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z As matters now stand, the names of exceptionally qualified Black women are being floated as trial balloons and subjected to behind-the-scenes sniping and outright attack. Opinion \| Biden should have been ready to make his Supreme Court pick 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z But other Democrats and allied groups, while acknowledging the weaknesses in the existing procedure, also called the GOP trial balloons a distraction. GOP floats tweaks to vote-counting law targeted by Trump as Democrats make voting rights push 2022-01-05T05:00:00Z A post on Medium claimed that Trump's Muslim ban was "a trial balloon for a coup." What matters most: Not what happened already — but what we do now 2021-12-31T05:00:00Z MLB hasn’t given a timetable for when the system could reach the big leagues, but it’s clearly a trial balloon. Would robot umpires have prevented the Wilmer Flores Giants-Dodgers controversy? 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z The move was surprising to some in the industry because the film’s release was ten weeks away and would be preceded by many other titles that could serve as trial balloons. Amid delta concerns, ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ release is moved from November to May 2022 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z Perhaps this was done as a trial balloon to assess the public’s reaction. Opinion \| Why the Biden administration’s recommendation on booster shots is a mistake 2021-08-18T04:00:00Z To test Washington’s appetite for joining a new diplomatic initiative, Moon’s political allies are floating a trial balloon. Opinion \| South Korea wants Biden to get serious about North Korea 2021-08-05T04:00:00Z The announcement, therefore, was a trial balloon — a signal that cryptocurrencies are now as acceptable for donations as stocks, bonds, real estate and other investments. Nonprofits Get a New Type of Donation: Cryptocurrency 2021-07-30T04:00:00Z The Arizona audit is a trial balloon to show how this would work. Trump's Arizona "audit" is unpopular — and that's the point 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z Why target leaks by low-level government workers for prosecution when journalists allow so many high-ranking Washington officials to send out trial balloons, love notes and poison darts under the cloak of anonymity? Review \| The mixed legacy of the Pentagon Papers: Secrets, leaks and prosecutions 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z “This is a trial balloon for other funds,” he said. As Investors Switch to E.T.F.s, So Do Managers 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z Pound’s trial balloon landed with a thud felt far from Ottawa, and with good reason. Column: Athletes can get in line for vaccines like everyone 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z And after the attack, he floated several trial balloons in the mainstream press to test out the appetite for convicting Trump in a second impeachment trial. The great GOP crack up: Mitch McConnell is still scrambling to lead Donald Trump's Republican Party 2021-01-25T05:00:00Z The next year, Mr. Warnock floated a trial balloon: a run for Senate against Johnny Isakson, a Republican incumbent who had recently disclosed that he had Parkinson’s disease. Raphael Warnock, From the Pulpit to Politics, Doesn’t Shy From ‘Uncomfortable’ Truths 2021-01-02T05:00:00Z Morgan Stanley helped the World Bank sell a $10 million bond for cleaning up plastic waste in oceans — an admittedly small offering that the company saw as a trial balloon. How investors are coming up with the green to save the ocean blue 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z Dimensional Fund Advisors is sending aloft a trial balloon of its own. As Investors Switch to E.T.F.s, So Do Managers 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z That Mulan is the trial balloon for this release as opposed to, say, Black Widow — to name another derailed Disney release — is suspect and another weight on the back of an already overburdened film. Mulan is the year’s most beautiful letdown 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z But the trial balloon that is “New Mutants” suggests that the road ahead for Hollywood will be anything but easy. Movies Are Returning to Theaters. Will Audiences Follow? 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z The election delay trial balloon was popped; he didn’t bring that up again. Editorial Roundup: New York 2020-08-26T04:00:00Z Mr. Trump’s behavior shows that he thrives on skirting legality, pushing boundaries and throwing up feints and trial balloons and then running with whichever outlandish proposal generates the least or weakest pushback. Opinion \| Yes, Trump will try to steal the election 2020-08-21T04:00:00Z This is a familiar strategy in which the authoritarian challenges norms and boundaries by floating trial balloons and then pretends to change his mind as a way to make the heretofore-unthinkable into something acceptable. There was no "Trump derangement syndrome": We were right about him all along 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z The president returned to the topic on Thursday as means of justifying his suggestion that the general election might need to be postponed, a trial balloon that was widely panned by even his fellow Republicans. Why the Botched N.Y.C. Primary Has Become the November Nightmare 2020-08-03T04:00:00Z Trump’s little trial balloon blew up like the Hindenburg. Opinion \| Double, Double, Trump’s Toil, Our Trouble 2020-08-01T04:00:00Z He has refused to commit to respecting the results and, even after his election-delay trial balloon was panned by Republican allies, he raised the specter on Thursday evening of months of lawsuits challenging the outcome. More Than Just a Tweet: Trump’s Campaign to Undercut Democracy 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z You could, perhaps, take some solace in the fact that Trump’s fellow Republicans popped his trial balloon — and with astonishing rapidity, given their ordinary cowering from any risk of incurring presidential wrath. Opinion \| One president pinned it. The other one nailed it. 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z Last week, golf was the trial balloon in major American sports as one of the earliest to return to competition. The PGA Tour’s Return Offered a How-to Guide for Other Leagues 2020-06-15T04:00:00Z Some think it was a trial balloon, floated so it could be popped by the predictable GOP outrage. Opinion \| The battle over U.S. troop withdrawals is just beginning 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z When Trump is not incongruously framing executive orders as hard-earned achievements, he's floating desperate trial balloons about everything from nuclear annihilation to recess-bully nicknames that, in his twisted noggin, are supposed to score some points. Donald Trump's chaos and cruelty set the tone for the nation — and here we are 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z Or the Biden team may simply be touting her to journalists as a kind of trial balloon. Kamala’s stealth campaign: Media now boosting her VP chances 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z Richard Stengel, who served in the State Department under former President Barack Obama, argued that Kushner's remark was "a dangerous trial balloon to undermine the Constitution and thwart the will of the people." Ignoring federal law, Jared Kushner won't "commit” to holding November's presidential election 2020-05-13T04:00:00Z There already are trial balloons about bringing back the suspended Cora — he won that World Series, didn’t he? — to manage the Red Sox in 2021. Perspective \| Following MLB’s Red Sox report, the biggest suspension is that of disbelief 2020-04-23T04:00:00Z Bettman acknowledged that he and the general managers of the 31 clubs discussed holding the annual draft before the season ends but called that idea “a trial balloon” designed to spark discussion. Gary Bettman says the NHL is leaning against games in non-league cities 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z Baseball — where players of color now make up more than a third of rosters — floated the trial balloon of playing games at spring training facilities in Arizona, sans fans. Perspective \| Everyone wants sports back, but players aren’t chattel to be used toward that goal 2020-04-13T04:00:00Z Around the same time, it sent up a tiny trial balloon in Tampere, Finland, offering something it called the McVegan. Restaurants are all in on plant-based burgers. Except McDonald’s. 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z Making such threats is a type of trial balloon. Trump's authoritarian assault on democracy continues: What lies ahead? 2020-01-13T05:00:00Z “A woman earning an advanced degree in meteorology wants a career, not a trial balloon that will burst when she begins to push forty,” she once remarked, according to Henson’s book. June Bacon-Bercey, pathbreaking TV meteorologist, dies at 90 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z Its hallmarks include trial balloons, unpredictability and treaty busting — and the desire to keep the world on its toes. News Analysis: Trump has little to show for his efforts on Iran, North Korea 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z Others viewed Putin’s remarks as a trial balloon, designed to test the waters on the possibility of extending his term. Putin suggests altering constitution to limit presidential term 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z This year amounts to a trial balloon of sorts for the ISL. New pro swimming league has expansion plans beyond Tokyo Olympics 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z If Trump wins in 2020, those trial balloons of fascist threats will be able to be made real. Trump's authoritarian assault on democracy continues: What lies ahead? 2020-01-13T05:00:00Z As Klobuchar spoke on Sunday, one news outlet reported that “sources close” to Bloomberg were already walking back the likelihood that he will enter the race, describing his move this week as a trial balloon. Klobuchar attacks Bloomberg and Buttigieg as Democrat infighting grows 2019-11-10T05:00:00Z Kentucky's Senate President Robert Stivers, a Republican, has already openly floated that trial balloon, arguing that if Kentuckians had simply voted differently Bevin would have won. Republicans won't concede: They react to sweeping losses by attacking democracy 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z Foes argue that Proposition CC would result in taxpayers forfeiting all future refunds with no guarantees on where the money would be spent — and serve as a “trial balloon” for a repeal of TABOR. Colorado Democrats seek to keep taxpayer refunds with ballot measure 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z Some are still in the trial balloon stage. West Virginia editorial roundup 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z It could also have been a trial balloon to see how the call was received before making a decision on the full complaint. Analysis \| 7 takeaways from the rough transcript of Trump’s call with Ukraine’s president 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z But the trial balloon fell as quickly as it was floated. Could New York Take Its Place Between Iowa and New Hampshire in 2020? 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z Some EU sources perceive a British trial balloon being floated over Brussels. Brexit: Boris Johnson says people 'shouldn't get hopes up too soon' about prospects of deal - live news 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z "If these reports are a trial balloon from the White House," Lewis added, "then it's time to pop it." Leaked draft of Trump executive order to "censor the internet" denounced as unconstitutional edict 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z The talk was meant as a trial balloon, intended to see how markets would react to the hint of normalization. Special Report: How Japan turned against its 'bazooka'-wielding... 2019-06-17T04:00:00Z At best, the portal could serve as a trial balloon on a very general scale that pushes NHL Seattle in a direction it may have already been leaning. Seattle ‘Wonders’ as name for the new NHL team? It’s already been done — in Sweden. 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z In March, the chamber sent up a trial balloon proposing phasing in increases that would raise the tax per gallon from 19 cents to 44 cents. Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in Illinois 2019-05-14T04:00:00Z “Everything that he says is a trial balloon — even his, quote, jokes are trial balloons,” said Ruth Ben-Ghiat, a New York University professor who studies authoritarian rulers. Two more years? Trump’s retweet sets off a furor over the idea of bonus time. 2019-05-06T04:00:00Z A source close to President Macron also called Mr Tusk's one-year proposal "a clumsy trial balloon". Brexit: EU weighs risks of going into extra time 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z Was Trump’s DOD simply floating a trial balloon to measure lawmakers’ reaction or is this a serious proposal? For border barriers, Trump eyes funds from military pay and pensions 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z I hate to burst this trial balloon, but is it possible Silver is all sizzle and no steak? Perspective \| The NBA All-Star Game is pointless, but actual NBA games are full of intrigue 2019-02-17T05:00:00Z This is a classic way of floating the traditional “trial balloon” to see how people would react. Hillary Clinton floats 2020 presidential run: ‘Look, I’m not closing the doors to this’ 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z The trial balloons for Mr. Trump’s address are flying in from every direction. Scripting Trump’s SOTU address 2019-01-21T05:00:00Z It was unclear if Mr. Hoyer was floating a trial balloon for a deal to end the shutdown, or if he was just off script. Steny Hoyer says border walls not ‘immoral,’ breaks with Nancy Pelosi 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z “This is a trial balloon,” wrote Vulture’s Mark Harris. Ellen DeGeneres' support for Kevin Hart sparks debate in LGBTQ community 2019-01-04T05:00:00Z Weinstein’s case has been watched closely by activists and Hollywood as a trial balloon for future criminal proceedings against alleged abusers in the entertainment and other industries. Weinstein fails in bid to get charges dismissed 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z The origin story Bumblebee isn’t just a movie, it’s a trial balloon — a check-in to see whether Transformers die-hards will support a long, profitable run of cinematic spin-offs. Bumblebee proves Transformers movies can actually be resonant and emotional 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z With every vacancy, names of outstanding women are floated on trial balloons, only to burst somewhere inside the Oval Office. Opinion \| The least-bad solution to the Kavanaugh dilemma 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z What it says about the future: This definitely looks like a trial balloon for Disney. The Verge fall movie preview, November 2018 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z The dinner attendee told me, “It wasn’t a trial balloon. They were trying to socialize the idea.” Israeli, Saudi, and Emirati Officials Privately Pushed for Trump to Strike a “Grand Bargain” with Putin 2018-07-10T04:00:00Z Consider the White House trial balloon that suggested the government could consolidate safety net programs to make them easier to slash. Perspective \| This was the most gutting month for liberals in half a century 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z And Ms. Winfrey, who is worth an estimated $2.9 billion, created a stir in January after she delivered a stirring speech at the Golden Globes that sounded to many like a presidential trial balloon. Schultz 2020? Other C.E.O.s Will Be Watching Closely 2018-06-04T04:00:00Z Mr. Trump first floated the Peace House in a morning tweet that felt like a trial balloon or even an exercise in crowdsourcing. Trump, Hoping for ‘Great Celebration,’ Wants to Hold North Korea Talks in DMZ 2018-04-30T04:00:00Z Within the president’s orbit, people described Trump as furious and “lit up” by the recent developments, and floating a trial balloon to test the boundaries of trying to halt Mueller’s burgeoning probe. Federal probe into Trump’s lawyer seeks records about two women who alleged affairs with the president 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z Perhaps the trial balloon by Mr. Zhirinovsky was just that, sent aloft to see how any changes to the system would fly. Vladimir Putin sends warning to West 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, a White House trial balloon to trade additional years of wall funding for a temporary reprieve for immigrants brought to the country illegally as children — commonly called “Dreamers” — landed with a thud last week. Shutdown looming, Congress and White House seek budget deal 2018-03-18T04:00:00Z Senate Democratic Leader Charles Schumer accused Mr Trump of "floating trial balloons about derailing" the investigation. Republicans warn Trump over Russia probe 2018-03-18T04:00:00Z Plaintiffs’ lawyers and addiction specialists began floating trial balloon solutions, all the more remarkable given that, as one lawyer said, “we’re just at the beginning of the beginning.” Can This Judge Solve the Opioid Crisis? 2018-03-05T05:00:00Z Most musicians hate fans to hear their nascent demos, those early trial balloons punctured by bum notes and bad decisions. From Kurt Cobain to Adele: early demos from the biggest names in music 2018-03-05T05:00:00Z Some suggested the proposal was leaked as a trial balloon meant to gauge the public's appetite for the policy. Why everyone is freaking out about a White House plan to nationalize the country’s 5G data networks 2018-01-29T05:00:00Z FCC Commissioner Michael O’Rielly, one of many critics of the presumed “trial balloon” proposal to have the government roll out 5G wireless network technology. Speaking of Business: ‘Things can be replaced. People can’t.’ 2018-02-03T05:00:00Z The N.F.L. has used the Thursday night package as a trial balloon, keeping contract lengths short and experimenting with digital partnerships. Fox Gets N.F.L. Thursday Night Games 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z The comments this weekend by Defense Minister Gen. Amir Hatami appear to be a trial balloon to test the reaction of the idea, long pushed by Iran’s relative moderate President Hassan Rouhani. Iran may try to loosen Revolutionary Guard’s grip on economy 2018-01-21T05:00:00Z Considered a sort of trial balloon to better understand the market, the app was introduced anonymously by Facebook through a separate company. Executive Behind Facebook’s China Charm Campaign Is Out 2018-01-19T05:00:00Z Both trial balloons, which were perceived as slightly desperate, were quickly shot down, and for good reason. At E.U. Meeting, a Hobbled Merkel and a Stalled Agenda 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z Conference of Mayors, said the group would not comment on “trial balloons.” Mayors say many American families would be hurt by GOP plan to kill state and local tax deduction 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z Delicate negotiations in Congress or the White House need space for trial balloons, plausible deniability and strategic maneuvering — without being immediately shot to pieces by outside interest groups and the media. Donald Trump Can Stop Leaks If He Stops Acting Like Donald Trump 2017-08-08T04:00:00Z The next trial balloon was obviously going to be limiting immigration. Opinion \| Fear-mongering and marginalization should not be American policy 2017-08-07T04:00:00Z Some are perfectly legal trial balloons floated to test public reaction to an idea before it’s formally announced. All types of leaks: good, bad, gossipy, ‘shiv in the ribs’ 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z That’s some pressure the movie doesn’t shoulder well, considering it’s hardly the unqualified success of other trial balloons, like “Iron Man,” “X-Men” or even “Man of Steel.” Review \| ‘The Mummy’ is an ominous introduction to a new movie universe 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z Then administration officials would strategically leak specific details and issue trial balloons, after which top members of the economic team would hit the airwaves to sell the plan to the public. Bizarre budget afterthought: Why is Team Trump unveiling his terrible budget while the president is overseas? 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z Some have gained considerable traction, such as Google engineer Yonatan Zunger’s late January post on Medium that the travel ban was “the trial balloon for a coup d’état.” Opinion \| Don’t fight Trump with conspiracy theories. What’s there is damning enough. 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z Many saw the DoJ’s attempt to wriggle out of the Baltimore consent decree as a trial balloon for trying to back out of older agreements that are already in place with other cities. Baltimore mother seeks justice years after son was killed by police 2017-04-09T04:00:00Z Gossip floats around Washington just like the trial balloons, but gossip isn’t the same as a leak. All types of leaks: good, bad, gossipy, ‘shiv in the ribs’ 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z Analysts say the NFL viewed Twitter as a trial balloon for digital partners. Here's why Amazon is paying so much more to stream 'Thursday Night Football' 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z Hence, as the New York Times reported, the trial balloon of seeing if Planned Parenthood would be willing to stop providing abortions. Opinion \| Stop the grandstanding on Planned Parenthood 2017-03-07T05:00:00Z And then there was that immigration trial balloon. Ever a Showman, Donald Trump Keeps Washington Guessing 2017-02-28T05:00:00Z Mr. Perriello said Mr. Trump “ran the most viciously racist campaign of my lifetime,” and cited the president’s “trial balloon” about using the National Guard for deportations. Primary for Virginia Governor Tests Power of an Anti-Trump Campaign 2017-02-26T05:00:00Z On Thursday the Trump White House sent up a trial balloon, suggesting it could fund its border wall through a tax on goods imported from Mexico. Republicans are excited about a Mexico import tax – but not because of the wall 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z Kuiken suggests that FDA’s document is more of a “trial balloon”—a first attempt to collect safety data on a broad range of gene-editing techniques. Proposed U.S. biotech rules raise industry hopes and anxieties 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z And she was like, ‘you’re probably right. He’s just testing these trial balloons.’ Paul Beatty: ‘For me, Trump’s America has always existed’ 2017-01-21T05:00:00Z “For presidents historically, there is a buffer, wherein Cabinet members state positions sometimes as trial balloons. If it’s the president, there is no buffer,” he said. Donald Trump ignores critics, takes to Twitter to revitalize presidential bully pulpit 2016-12-12T05:00:00Z Trump’s Taiwan trial balloon has put the wind up the entire region, where tensions linked to China’s growing economic dominance, military buildup and territorial ambitions are ever-present. Beijing grits teeth in face of Trump's tweets 2016-12-05T05:00:00Z When an American politician is considering a Presidential campaign, it’s common to float a “trial balloon.” Trump and the Truth: The Viral Candidate 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z The Clinton team may just be floating an inconsequential trial balloon or trying to drum up pre-election enthusiasm within the party's base. US election: Clinton 'eyes Biden for top diplomat job' - BBC News 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z Early this year, senior officials in several provinces began to refer to Mr. Xi as the “core,” in what some political analysts saw as a trial balloon. China’s Xi Jinping Tightens His Hold on Communist Party 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z The show “is not a trial balloon,” he added. Trump TV Offers (Fledgling) Framework for Potential Media Future 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z It was part of the plan, he said, to gauge the public’s response, like a trial balloon, to see whether a deal was worth doing. Donald Trump’s Ventures Began With a Lot of Hype. Here’s How They Turned Out. 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z In 2011, Trump floated the most bizarre trial balloon in American political history. Trump and the Truth: The Viral Candidate 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z He said that, while one should “never say never,” this was not a trial balloon for an attempt to buy rights when the NBC deal expires. With the World Cup, ESPN and a pair of familiar faces return, briefly, to hockey 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z One useful and counterintuitive aspect of Fedspeak is that it acts as a trial balloon, intentionally or not. All Eyes on Last Fed Speech Before a Week of Silence 2016-09-11T04:00:00Z That’s the latest trial balloon for transforming the world’s most popular sporting event. Could All of North America Play Host to the World Cup? 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z “Is this a trial balloon? Are they trying to figure out how his base will react?” asked Alfonso Aguilar, who headed the office of citizenship at U.S. Can Donald Trump really round up and deport 11 million people? 2016-08-23T04:00:00Z The public display of friendship seems to be a trial balloon, and many wondered when it would be burst by the pinprick of reality. Fear of a female administration? We’ll see 2016-07-06T04:00:00Z It created a laboratory for up-and-coming coaches and officials and a trial balloon for rules and broadcast experiments. 'You didn't play to get rich': what killed NFL Europe? 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z The district floated a trial balloon this year when, for the first time, it passed a budget without asking the federal government’s permission. New Columbia? Washington DC sees new hope in fight for statehood 2016-06-12T04:00:00Z "These comments are like trial balloons to see if they can get concessions," said Araujo, who said ultimately he didn't see the Senate bringing Rousseff back. Scandal-prone Brazil government casts doubt on impeachment 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z Conservative author Bill Kristol’s third party dream was dealt another setback last Sunday as National Review writer David French burst the trial balloon and announced he wasn’t going to run for president. Why Donald Trump's Attacks on the Judge Make the GOP Nervous 2016-06-06T04:00:00Z But while the trial balloon earned plaudits from Mitt Romney and other Trump opponents, most of America was left asking “who?” Why Donald Trump's Press Attacks Matter 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z As it looks to diversify, the company is floating other trial balloons. After the iPhone: Apple eyes Time Warner and TV for its next act 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z One prominent example: At the behest of the White House, Winchell spent months floating trial balloons for Franklin D. Roosevelt and his ambitions for a third term. Donald Trump is a serial liar. More upsetting is that no one seems to care 2016-05-15T04:00:00Z But leaking news that ICE has lined up a group of banks to help finance a possible deal was a handy trial balloon to test the reaction of ICE shareholders, analysts said. ICE may have more time to consider bid for London bourse 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z But in retrospect it’s starting to look like a trial balloon. Recent editorials from Texas newspapers 2016-04-26T04:00:00Z “I can’t think of any good argument against it,” said Mr. Nungesser, who floated his proposition — at this point, just a trial balloon — in a telephone interview this week. Louisiana Politician Sees Hollywood Gold in State’s Future 2016-04-05T04:00:00Z That trial balloon attracted media interest beyond scientific journals. Pyros the Bear, Brought to Replenish the Pyrenees’ Ursine Population, May Have Been Too Successful 2016-04-01T04:00:00Z This year, we might get a so-called first gentleman and put that trial balloon to the test. How Donald Trump makes Ted Cruz look like a feminist 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z An unconventional trial balloon was floated yesterday when sources close to the process said the White House was considering Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval, a relatively moderate Republican, for the Supreme Court. Nevada's Sandoval withdraws from Supreme Court consideration 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z But, even after it’s been popped, the Sandoval trial balloon merits an autopsy: It was a horrible idea and should not be repeated in any form. The “Brian Sandoval for SCOTUS” experiment was everything wrong with Democratic politics 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z Indeed, in the two weeks since people close to him first launched this trial balloon, there’s been no public clamoring for his potential candidacy. Former NYC mayor inches closer to independent 2016 bid 2016-02-09T05:00:00Z Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire and former New York mayor who floated a trial balloon over the weekend about an independent run, knows this. Democrats would be insane to nominate Bernie Sanders 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z So why dismiss the Bloomberg trial balloon out of hand, given all the other outlandish things that are happening? Could Michael Bloomberg really win? 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z Despite his reputation for lacking pathos, I suspect that Michael Bloomberg’s motivations for launching this trial balloon are, fundamentally, sentimental. Michael Bloomberg is very bored: Why the billionaire ex-mayor wants you to think he might run for president 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z Bloomberg is floating a trial balloon, but he appears to be sending it aloft with serious intent. Michael Bloomberg’s Presidential Trial Balloon 2016-01-24T05:00:00Z The Washington Post reported late yesterday that the former mayor isn’t done floating trial balloons. Former NYC mayor inches closer to independent 2016 bid 2016-02-09T05:00:00Z This is starting to become a tried-and-true barometer of the nervousness of GOP elites: The rerun Mitt Romney comeback trial balloon. Has Trump finally gone off the rails? 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z A Western diplomat said the Russian document appeared to be "a trial balloon" to test international reaction, and also to calm any uneasiness among Assad's entourage. Assad's opponents dismiss Russian ideas for solving Syria crisis 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z The spin room buzz was that Clinton’s strong performance takes some air out of the Biden trial balloons. The Daily 202: Hillary Clinton won the debate (and six other takeaways from Las Vegas) 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z On Friday, the Obama administration floated a trial balloon suggesting the president is considering taking executive action on gun control. Gun nuts, too fanatical to recognize they’re winning: How they’ve come completely unhinged 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z Skeptical Republicans concluded this was a trial balloon for the Democratic narrative about the Republicans’ alleged “war on women.” What to Look for on Debate Night 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z You send up a trial balloon, you’re likely to get killed with it yourself. The Kansas Experiment 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z Still, I suspect that the Biden trial balloon is less a mark of certain entry than a placeholder, a canny reminder that Biden remains available as a break-in-case-of-emergency candidate if Clinton fizzles. Why Hillary Clinton needs a little bit of Biden-ness 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z Over the weekend, Biden supporters sent up a trial balloon to see what the world would think of the Vice-President joining the race. Joe Biden’s Respect Calculation 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z Many saw the NRC members launching a trial balloon for interests higher up in the regime. Thailand Takes Another Flutter At Casinos, Las Vegas Sands Wants To Play 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z But for the most part, Cameron appeared to be laying out his philosophy, floating a trial balloon of sorts before the government publishes its counterterrorism strategy in the fall. Britain’s Cameron outlines strategy to fight Islamist extremism 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z But the most notable factor is the political book as trial balloon. From Ulysses S Grant to Barack Obama - US politicians can’t stop writing books 2015-06-13T04:00:00Z Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech at the Herzliya diplomatic gathering on July 9 was a first, cautious trial balloon of sorts for what political sources in Israel call his "autumn restart." Netanyahu's 'Autumn Restart' Plan 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z “This is not a trial balloon for retirement.” Meet a federal phased-retirement pioneer 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z An email in which the writer gives an opinion or floats a trial balloon could be exempt. FOIA law on Rauner’s refusal to reveal reform legislation 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z In other words, it wasn’t a trial balloon – Walker is evidently serious about this. GOP candidates start a race to the bottom on immigration 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z The response to this trial balloon from most party officials and operatives had been a gentle pat on the head: How do we say this? Bye-bye, Mitt! The dream is over, America 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z Mr Romney's trial balloon seems to be leaking air and is in danger of sagging to the ground. Romney 2016: The 'definition of insanity'? 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z Romney’s activity indicates that his declaration of interest Friday to a group of 30 donors in New York was more than the release of a trial balloon. Romney moves to reassemble campaign team for ‘almost certain’ 2016 bid 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z It’s quite likely this is a trial balloon of sorts, intended to buy time and gauge reactions. Romney 2016? 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z Maybe it was some kind of trial balloon? GOP candidates start a race to the bottom on immigration 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z This was a useful trial balloon — and it ought to focus thinking in the Kremlin. Stop the nuclear treaty breakdown before it escalates 2014-12-28T05:00:00Z He gave an interview to The Washington Post earlier this month laying out his vision for the next nominee — it struck many political observers as a trial balloon. Your 2014 guide to 2016 presidential contenders 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z Maybe it’s all a trial balloon to test the market, to see just how strong the opposition is within the Republican base. Jeb Bush: Front-runner, underdog or both? 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler offered a widely-panned “trial balloon” on a hybrid approach, attempting to combine both available jurisdictional hooks to hang his net neutrality rules. On Net Neutrality, FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler Had It Right The First Time 2014-11-18T05:00:00Z “This President has been floating the trial balloon on executive amnesty for a long time,” says Rep. Steve King, Iowa Republican, who warns that a “Constitutional crisis” will follow. Inside the Beltway: Immigration and Obama’s audacity 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z Everyone seems to hate the FCC’s latest trial balloon, floated by unnamed sources in the Wall Street Journal. No One Is Willing to Compromise on Internet Rules 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z He's floated a trial balloon about a potential bid, but said Sunday on "Meet the Press" that he's "taking it one day at a time." Bernie Sanders, Jim Webb Enter The Chase 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z “I don’t think he’s intimidated by the long odds. It’s not in his makeup to be fearful, and I think he’s putting a trial balloon out there because he is probably going to run.” Jim Webb, former senator from Va., takes on his party’s hawks. And maybe Clinton. “Maybe it’s a trial balloon to see if Ma Ying-jeou is really eager for a Ma-Xi meeting,” Liu said, referring to what would be an unprecedented encounter between the two presidents. Taiwan rebuffs Chinese leader's new pitch for unification 2014-09-27T04:00:00Z The Sunday talk shows have long made news — and continue to do so — because they are America’s finest launching pad for political trial balloons. Five myths about the Sunday talk shows Floating hopeful trial balloons on immigration and then gleefully popping them is a Boehner specialty. “Cut Boehner off at the knees”: How to finally end the GOP’s immigration charade 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z We decided to send up some trial balloons. The True Price of Customer Service 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z If this is just a trial balloon, the time to shoot it down is now. Amnesty as impeachment bait Republicans are sending up trial balloons to see what works, he said, so Democrats need to be ready to pop them as they come. A silver lining in early attacks on Clinton? 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z “This looks like a trial balloon,” said James Brown, an energy expert at Temple University’s Japan campus in Tokyo. Japan gives green light to restart pair of nuclear reactors A recent FCC trial balloon sought to ensure that newsrooms were reporting the way the government thought they should. The Stinker That Is Net Neutrality 2014-07-15T04:00:00Z It really was a trial balloon, launched from Nevada, where the company conducts tests to improve the technology. Google confirms Yakima Loon balloon crash 2014-06-03T04:00:00Z Presumably the one that crashed near Yakima was a trial balloon. Google Loon balloon crashes near Yakima 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z An I.P.O. by Vietnam Airlines might be a trial balloon that leads to systemic economic changes by Vietnamese leaders, said Edmund J. Malesky, a Vietnam expert and a professor of political science at Duke University. Competition Intensifies in Vietnam’s Aviation Sector 2014-04-01T00:40:42Z Asked whether Fanell's comments could be a "trial balloon" signaling a possible toughening of the U.S. military posture in the region, Kirby said: "I would refute that absolutely, not a trial balloon." Pentagon plays down intelligence officer's provocative China assessment 2014-02-21T01:39:34Z It was not clear whether the Al Ahram report was the work of an overzealous editor who failed to consult his superiors, a trial balloon or just a mistake. Egypt Denies Morsi and U.S. Joined in a Plot 2013-07-22T00:59:15Z Palestinian leaders denied the reports, saying they were Israeli “spin” and “trial balloons.” Progress in Middle East Peace Talks Must Be Made Soon, Kerry Says 2013-06-26T16:02:09Z They floated trial balloons to see how the idea played among friends and family. How to Succeed in the (Legal) Pot Business 2013-06-25T09:00:01Z For Ms. Scandole, who previously worked as a nanny, the job is something of a career trial balloon. \| Marianna Scandole: Marianna Scandole Is a Host on the Hampton Jitney 2013-05-25T03:16:03Z His remarks yesterday were most likely a trial balloon. Analysis: Markets face rough summer ride as Fed pullback feared 2013-05-23T21:47:05Z Like all shots across the bow–maybe it’s better labeled a trial balloon–this one is not aimed directly at its target. With Subscriptions, YouTube Fires Shot Across Cable TV's Bow 2013-05-09T22:01:52Z “This is a trial balloon,” an Israeli intelligence official says of Damascus’ alleged use of chemical weapons. Syria's Possible Chemical Weapons and a Reminder that Intel Isn't Always Right 2013-04-26T11:05:21Z No, this was a trial balloon, some misleading pundits say. Cyprus is no reason to hide your money 2013-03-21T17:24:44Z Did anyone even notice the trial balloon on military base closings before it was shot down? Viewpoint: Obama, Give In to the Irrational GOP 2013-03-21T12:35:25Z The next pope can pop those trial balloons by energetically deploying Christianity's most underutilized asset these days: doctrinal orthodoxy. What to Look for in a New Pope 2013-03-09T00:05:49Z It smells to me like a trial balloon that will be popped if the pushback is significant. Gay Eagle Scout: I never thought I’d see this day 2013-01-29T19:54:00Z As always, columns about the fiscal cliff negotiation must start with a warning: Many trial balloons go up in the air and crash. Compromise or betrayal? 2012-12-19T18:01:00Z Recent trial balloons include limiting sentences to a few months, providing inmates with weekend furloughs or requiring the police to issue written verdicts. Changing of the Guard: Chinese Opposition to Labor Camps Widens 2012-12-15T02:57:49Z Lawmakers involved in the debate gathered in Washington on Tuesday for the first time since the elections, setting the stage for a week of trial balloons and rhetorical repositioning. Budget deficit rises to $120 billion in October 2012-11-13T19:09:53Z Such anonymous leaks are sometimes used in Japan as trial balloons to test public reaction to policy shifts. China Snubs Financial Meetings in Japan in Dispute Over Islands 2012-10-10T14:13:07Z This looks to me like a trial balloon. Gay Eagle Scout: I never thought I’d see this day 2013-01-29T19:54:00Z And yet it’s worth trying to pop these trial balloons when they go up, as progressive outrage may have scuttled any cave-in on Medicare eligibility. Compromise or betrayal? 2012-12-19T18:01:00Z Facebook’s trial balloon Monday on the controversial idea of allowing children under 13 on its network was immediately met with resistance from some lawmakers and child development experts. Facebook and kids: a business bet 2012-06-05T14:15:00Z Mr. Weber said he was not speaking for Mr. Romney; I was on the same panel, and my strong impression is that Mr. Weber was floating trial balloons. Economix Blog: Simon Johnson: Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan's Budget 2012-05-03T09:00:16Z But unlike that speech, Tuesday’s speech will not be a trial balloon for a presidential campaign, Mr. Hubbard said. A G.O.P. Counterweight to Obama, but So Far Just in Speech Response 2012-01-24T01:15:32Z When you talk about this as a trial balloon, I suppose one of the things they’re wondering about is how the evangelical base of Scouting, one might say, will respond to this. Gay Eagle Scout: I never thought I’d see this day 2013-01-29T19:54:00Z So was his announcement anything more than a trial balloon? U.K. Looks to 'Rebalance' Economy; Tech University Would Play Role 2012-01-22T19:55:09Z He called the announcement a “trial balloon” because Sebelius issued it as guidance, not as a rule. States May Set Coverage Rules for Health Plans in 2014 2011-12-16T20:37:01Z "But whether this is a trial balloon and gets shot down in the short run, who's to say?" Japan mulls $13 billion Fukushima bailout 2011-12-08T13:14:52Z Bold design studies, and even the whimsical trial balloons that can make an auto show memorable, were scarce. A Lighter Shade of Green at L.A. Auto Show 2011-11-18T18:17:16Z NEW YORK—As the clock ticks down on a deal to raise the debt ceiling, the partisan bickering and floating of trial balloons are pricking Treasury bond holders' nerves. Bumpy Ride Likely for Treasurys 2011-07-17T17:55:50Z And McConnell’s timing in floating a contingency plan trial balloon implicitly calls into question Cantor’s ability to reach an agreement with Democrats. Cantor's Choice: Debt Ceiling Negotiations Hinge on the Congressman from Virginia 2011-07-13T21:17:19Z Each side seems to be throwing up trial balloons that get shot down by their own parties. Business seen vulnerable in eventual U.S. tax revamp 2011-07-12T20:20:06Z Another trial balloon raised the possibility that the president would nominate one of Ms. Warren’s deputies. An Agency Builder, but Not Yet Its Leader 2011-07-05T00:53:36Z If I were a suspicious person, I might wonder whether this week’s “leak” of a new Washington Wizards logo was a trial balloon. For his next trick, Leonsis should fix the wizard 2011-03-10T19:24:00Z The White House trial balloon was popped even before it was floated. Senate Dems Agree to GOP Spending Cuts 2011-03-01T21:05:00Z When Federal Reserve officials begin floating trial balloons about higher borrowing costs, the Bank of Japan will still be trapped. Hedge Funds Get S&P’s Invite to ‘Sputnik Moment’: William Pesek 2011-01-27T23:50:07Z Mike Castle, who was last seen losing to Christine O'Donnell in Delaware's GOP Senate primary last week, is floating a trial balloon of his own. More Tea Party fallout: Another GOP write-in campaign? 2010-09-23T16:44:00Z The White House had pushed back strongly against suggestions that the piece represented a trial balloon. Obama won't back Bush tax cut extension for rich 2010-09-08T04:01:00Z Others have said the sale process could just be a trial balloon to see what price Barnes & Noble could fetch. Barnes & Noble proxy war and earnings complicate sale 2010-08-20T20:45:00Z The proposed law is seen by many activists and researchers as a trial balloon before a possible national rollout. Is the Right to Strike Coming to China? 2010-08-05T21:00:00Z If the president has a trial balloon to send up, he can use the W.H. press corps to float it. The media's real bias: Caring about itself too much 2010-08-02T14:30:00Z You are going to see a lot of trial balloons over the next several weeks. Congress nears deal on bank trading crackdown 2010-06-14T18:26:00Z Rogers wasn't the only one reacting badly to the trial balloon. A CEO's Playbook for the Climate War 2010-06-03T21:00:00Z Sunstein had, during his academic career, a penchant for publishing trial balloons — they were a necessary part of his inquiry, a perpetual what if? Cass Sunstein Wants to Nudge Us 2010-05-14T01:31:00Z It seems very unlikely that this is some sort of trial balloon, that the Democrats will move to employ the so-called "nuclear option" and end the filibuster. 2010-01-18T17:05:00Z For many weeks in succession the little trial balloons thrown up to show the course of the wind were driven back upon the shores of France. Wonderful Balloon Ascents It is a colourful admixture of indignation and triumphalism, veiled threats and promises, trial balloons and drama, the daily equivalent of the romance. After the Rain : how the West lost the East This profile reflects detailed comments on an earlier `trial balloon' version from about a hundred Usenet respondents. The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000
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