Checks
Make sure
Make sure verb - Make a point of doing something; act purposefully and intentionally.
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Newspaper Dating: Caleb checks a newspaper after going through the vortex to make sure they didn't travel through time.
Source: Series / Flander's Company -
Blythe even checks in the dumbwaiter to make sure another such incident didn't happen.
- Bonus points — after taking said gun back, he checks it again to make sure it is still unloaded, averting Artistic License Gun Safety as hard as possible.
Source: It Works Better with Bullets
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