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Recent Examples of spotter
Downloading an app that tracks aurora can also be helpful for sky spotters who would prefer not to spend the whole night outside.
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Staff Author, Travel + Leisure, 7 Aug. 2025
At the line of scrimmage, Ryan could handle a heavy load, but Kelly managed last-second checks and adjustments like a spotter stepping in efficiently when necessary.
—Alec Lewis, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2025
The three-person crew on our vessel included a chef, a deckhand, and a skipper named Captain Dougie, who functions as a cruise director, a tour guide, and a wildlife spotter, in addition to his main duties steering the boat.
—Nicholas Derenzo, AFAR Media, 25 July 2025
Megan uses a band (and her boyfriend as a spotter) to complete it.
—Jenny McCoy, SELF, 22 July 2025
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Staff Author, Travel + Leisure, 7 Aug. 2025
At the line of scrimmage, Ryan could handle a heavy load, but Kelly managed last-second checks and adjustments like a spotter stepping in efficiently when necessary.
—Alec Lewis, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2025
The three-person crew on our vessel included a chef, a deckhand, and a skipper named Captain Dougie, who functions as a cruise director, a tour guide, and a wildlife spotter, in addition to his main duties steering the boat.
—Nicholas Derenzo, AFAR Media, 25 July 2025
Megan uses a band (and her boyfriend as a spotter) to complete it.
—Jenny McCoy, SELF, 22 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spotter
Noun
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The roughly 680-mile-wide (1,090 kilometers) dwarf planet would pass in front of the background star at an angle visible only to observers in northern Canada and other parts of the Arctic during daylight hours.—
Nola Taylor Tillman,
Space.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Advertisement But observers still contend that MAHA’s strategy lacks teeth.—
Alana Semuels,
Time,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Federal prosecutors have charged Omari Juan Beidleman with assaulting two members of the Mississippi National Guard during a patrol at the Capitol South Metro station.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
4 Sep. 2025
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Officers from the patrol’s East Sacramento office told the tale of the Wednesday morning incident posted to Facebook.—
Darrell Smith,
Sacbee.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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Aside from scouting, sending messages or sentry duty, some dogs were trained for direct combat.—
Vic Verbalaitis,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Aug. 2025
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Rows of lights stood like sentries above, adorned with flat visors that guided the glow onto the action.—
Adithi Ramakrishnan,
Twin Cities,
21 Aug. 2025
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But gold's role as a hedge against inflation is giving it a unique appeal, said market watchers.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
4 Sep. 2025
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This time, the life cycle of the land, and the unlikely collaboration of landowners and conservationists, bird watchers and farmhands, provides a similar, albeit less intimate, corollary.—
Jake Goodrick,
Sacbee.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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Red Oak scored back-to-back TDs in the second period, as Thomas powered in for a two-yard TD run and Middleton scored on a 17-yard keeper.—
Mike Waters,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Sep. 2025
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Nordstrom Rack Double Keeper Belt Nordstrom Rack is replete with black belts that won’t break the bank — one of them being this slim leather belt with a gold buckle and two gold keepers, which comes in sizes small to extra large.—
Izzy Baskette,
PEOPLE,
4 Sep. 2025
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The sentinels of conventional wisdom settled on the view that the Iraq invasion was one of the great own goals of American foreign policy, and that its beneficiary was Iran.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
2 Sep. 2025
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At the summit, the ruins of the Castle of Monsanto perch atop the craggy heights like a stone sentinel—offering sweeping views over the Beira Baixa plains.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
24 Aug. 2025
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“Spotter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spotter. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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