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Recent Examples of spotter
Crew anchor off Misool, a mid-oceanic squiggle of emerald islands, where the Imperial Japanese Navy hid from American spotter planes during WWII.
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Tristan Rutherford, Robb Report, 26 Jan. 2026
Nantz later blamed the miscall on a spotter’s error.
—Andrew Marchand, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2026
On the Orange County side of the tollway, there is a booth for each direction, where when manned the spotter looks out for cheaters and can give a heads-up to a California Highway Patrol officer who can cite the offenders.
—Jim Radcliffe, Oc Register, 16 Jan. 2026
The University of Maryland’s Yaseen Taha [right] pilots a spotter drone while Brian Tran looks on.
—IEEE Spectrum, 24 Dec. 2025
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Tristan Rutherford, Robb Report, 26 Jan. 2026
Nantz later blamed the miscall on a spotter’s error.
—Andrew Marchand, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2026
On the Orange County side of the tollway, there is a booth for each direction, where when manned the spotter looks out for cheaters and can give a heads-up to a California Highway Patrol officer who can cite the offenders.
—Jim Radcliffe, Oc Register, 16 Jan. 2026
The University of Maryland’s Yaseen Taha [right] pilots a spotter drone while Brian Tran looks on.
—IEEE Spectrum, 24 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spotter
Noun
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Dube isn’t as panicked about its impact on wages and employment as many other observers are.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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Under these circumstances, legal observers say that any pardon is likely to face a significant Supreme Court challenge.—
Tal Shalev,
CNN Money,
5 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Multiple patrol units surrounded the home as officers taped off the area and began canvassing the neighborhood.—
Giles Hudson,
CBS News,
9 Apr. 2026
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In the case in Alabama, a driver was trying to elude the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency's highway patrol on a rural road in southeast Alabama's Pike County when the crash occurred late Friday night, agency spokeswoman Amanda Wasden said in an email Sunday.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
5 Apr. 2026
Noun
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But a Marine sentry was spotted outside the West Wing most of the day Saturday, usually a sign the president is at work.—
James LaPorta,
CBS News,
5 Apr. 2026
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The soldiers would have stayed as sentries before and after the performance, symbolically guarding the legacy of Taiwan’s founder.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
13 Mar. 2026
Noun
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When meteorologist Jim Cantore starts posting, weather-watchers pay attention.—
Howard Cohen,
Miami Herald,
7 Apr. 2026
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Three orcas that had not previously been recorded in the Seattle area have delighted whale watchers with several visits just off downtown this past month.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
6 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Carroll keeper Sophie Adcock, who was superb in goal in the match, didn’t have a chance as Brundage buried it in the back of the net.—
Darren Lauber,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Apr. 2026
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Reus took matters into his hands to tie the score six minutes later, putting a sharp right-footed shot on goal that Minnesota keeper Drake Callender parried away, then Reus jumped on the rebound with his left foot and lifted the ball over Callender, who was still on the ground.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Precedent for this idea comes from Poland, where many cities already use freshwater mussels as living sentinels of water quality, wired with sensors that register when the animals clamp their shells shut in response to pollutants.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
31 Mar. 2026
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Above the Agency house, a hundred yards away, Fort King’s sentinels scanned the area.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Feb. 2026
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“Spotter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spotter. Accessed 11 Apr. 2026.
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