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Recent Examples of spotter
If an athlete’s muscles fail or the bar slips, the interior straps — capable of supporting 1,500 pounds — catch the weight rather than metal spotter arms attached outside the cage.
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Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 May 2026
Six hours later a spotter at the finish blew a whistle to signal the leaders were circling above.
—Sharyn Alfonsi, CBS News, 26 Apr. 2026
According to Gauthier, the spotter reported hearing a sound that was either the parachutes opening or the climbers making impact with the rock.
—Alyssa Modos, PEOPLE, 14 Apr. 2026
In a kind of apprenticeship system, Harris first worked as a spotter, then graduated to driving slammer cars.
—Patrick Radden Keefe, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
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Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 May 2026
Six hours later a spotter at the finish blew a whistle to signal the leaders were circling above.
—Sharyn Alfonsi, CBS News, 26 Apr. 2026
According to Gauthier, the spotter reported hearing a sound that was either the parachutes opening or the climbers making impact with the rock.
—Alyssa Modos, PEOPLE, 14 Apr. 2026
In a kind of apprenticeship system, Harris first worked as a spotter, then graduated to driving slammer cars.
—Patrick Radden Keefe, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spotter
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This clinching game was what many observers expected the series to be like between the defensive-minded teams, but each side watched leads of two-plus goals disappear in the first three games.—
Mark Anderson,
Los Angeles Times,
15 June 2026
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Political observers often float Ossoff as a potential 2028 candidate for president, but he's waved away speculation.—
Jay Stahl,
USA Today,
15 June 2026
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Muniz-Spry was then placed uncuffed in a patrol vehicle while officers ran a record search.—
Zachary Fletcher,
USA Today,
17 June 2026
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The patrol noted that road conditions were wet at the time.—
Anthony Bettin,
CBS News,
17 June 2026
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Moss has colonized the ceiling, and tall trees keep sentry over the store’s diverse and eclectic inventory.—
Marc Weingarten,
Los Angeles Times,
13 June 2026
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Also, his paint was burned off in just the same spots as the snowman that had, for years, served as a jolly sentry outside our neighbor’s front door—a position that was now vacant, while our own home was, in a first, conspicuously and festively guarded.—
Caity Weaver,
The Atlantic,
12 June 2026
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Still, Fed watchers say the fact that there is a US-Iran framework will allow Fed officials to avoid overreacting to another hot inflation report in June.—
Matt Egan,
CNN Money,
16 June 2026
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But some market watchers are skeptical and expect delays in the next negotiation period.—
Alex Harring,
CNBC,
16 June 2026
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The keeper could do nothing but flail and then turn and scream in frustration at his defense’s failings at the crucial moment.—
Kyle Feldscher,
CNN Money,
17 June 2026
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In early modernity, women were the keepers of this obsessive temporality of attention—of the current of time that flows beneath event, beneath change.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 June 2026
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Dozens of health organizations and research groups have formed an independent surveillance network to track the presence of dangerous pathogens in community wastewater—a sentinel for potential outbreaks.—
Lauren J. Young,
Scientific American,
10 June 2026
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Here and there, fire, wind, and flood would have broken the forest into a mosaic of old and new, grass and forest, shrubs and sentinels.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 June 2026
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“Spotter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spotter. Accessed 21 Jun. 2026.
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