as in watching
to take care of a child while the child's parents are away
She babysits their kids on Saturday nights.
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Explore its extreme landscapes during the day on a scenic drive before watching the stars put on a show at night.—
Elizabeth Rhodes,
Travel + Leisure,
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Here, there's a skin-crawling effect to watching the story unfold onstage.—
Shania Russell,
Entertainment Weekly,
9 Jan. 2026
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Hospitals also can bill patients’ insurance for services provided by residents, though not for the time that established doctors spend supervising them.—
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Denver Post,
13 Jan. 2026
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Moench served as a staff writer on Season 1 of Apple TV’s Severance and was upped to supervising producer for Season 2.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
13 Jan. 2026
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“Babysitting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/babysitting. Accessed 17 Jan. 2026.
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