as in to watch
to take care of a child while the child's parents are away
She babysits their kids on Saturday nights.
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One scene in particular where the dynamic shifts can be seen in the second episode when Shyanne brings baby Bodhi (Graham Hendrix) to Margo’s work, a restaurant that resembles Farrell’s Ice Cream Parlour, when she was supposed to babysit him for Margo.
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Dessi Gomez,
Deadline,
15 Apr. 2026
Maybe the novel was narrated by an outsider who was hired to babysit the son and keep him out of trouble.
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Literary Hub,
8 Apr. 2026
The lawsuit stated that Brooks had been asked to babysit the child by Madison Ball, to whom he was married at the time, per the law firm.
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Liam Quinn,
PEOPLE,
30 Mar. 2026
Pilots succeed because humans babysit them.
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Gaurav Aggarwal,
Forbes.com,
20 Mar. 2026
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Dessi Gomez,
Deadline,
15 Apr. 2026
Maybe the novel was narrated by an outsider who was hired to babysit the son and keep him out of trouble.
—
Literary Hub,
8 Apr. 2026
The lawsuit stated that Brooks had been asked to babysit the child by Madison Ball, to whom he was married at the time, per the law firm.
—
Liam Quinn,
PEOPLE,
30 Mar. 2026
Pilots succeed because humans babysit them.
—
Gaurav Aggarwal,
Forbes.com,
20 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for babysit
Recent Examples of Synonyms for babysit
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Despite the heat on Friday afternoon, a large crowd gathered at Bayfront Park to watch Team USA face off in its second match of the FIFA World Cup.
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Debating the ‘Suez moment’ As the two sides enter into the next phase of negotiation, observers are watching closely for what exactly the US gained from a conflict that took a heavy global economic toll.
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The new cub's arrival marks the first time Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium has had a lion birth since July 2020, when lioness Abana mothered three cubs.
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Virginia Dulles was the opposite of Louanne Bixby—even a hundred children couldn’t exhaust her need to mother them.
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Could baby owls and eagles be the key to stopping the spread of bird flu?
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The brothers were each two years apart in age, but younger siblings were never babied; Nick recalled being on the receiving end of numerous pummelings by his older brothers.
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