Answer: trials

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TRIALSJob suffered many of these
TRIALSOrdeals
TRIALSCourtTV events
TRIALSStep on the way to the Olympics, maybe
TRIALSMettle testers
TRIALSWhere suits are pressed
TRIALSCourt TV broadcasts
TRIALSBar events
TRIALS"The Crucible" happenings
TRIALS"Boston Legal" procedures
TRIALSJob suffered lots of these
TRIALSCourtroom dramas
TRIALSPreliminary races
TRIALSTrack preliminaries
TRIALSPerry Mason's rituals
TRIALSNuremberg events
TRIALSAfflictions
TRIALSJudges' concerns
trialspreliminary contest (as in a sport)
trialstest of faith, patience, or stamina through subjection to suffering or temptation
trialsthe hearing and deciding of a case in a court of law
trialsattempt
trialssomething annoying
trialsthe action or process of trying or putting to the proof test
trialstest
trialstryout or experiment to test quality, value, or usefulness compare clinical trial
trialssource of suffering
TRIALSNuremberg events of 1945-6
trialssource of vexation or annoyance
trialstempt
TRIALSPre-Olympic events
TRIALSBar fights?
TRIALSCourt contests
TRIALSCourthouse activities
TRIALSCourt TV offerings
TRIALSQualifying events
TRIALSMatters for courts
TRIALSCourt proceedings
TRIALSOld Bailey events
TRIALSTimed sporting events