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Recent Examples of spotter
He was replaced by Myatt Snider who had been working as a pit spotter for the Fox broadcast.
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Jim Vertuno, Chicago Tribune, 2 Mar. 2026
Hendrick driver Alex Bowman got sick on a scorching 85-degree day and had to be replaced by Myatt Snider, a pit spotter for FOX.
—Kevin Lyttle, Austin American Statesman, 1 Mar. 2026
Crew anchor off Misool, a mid-oceanic squiggle of emerald islands, where the Imperial Japanese Navy hid from American spotter planes during WWII.
—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
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Jim Vertuno, Chicago Tribune, 2 Mar. 2026
Hendrick driver Alex Bowman got sick on a scorching 85-degree day and had to be replaced by Myatt Snider, a pit spotter for FOX.
—Kevin Lyttle, Austin American Statesman, 1 Mar. 2026
Crew anchor off Misool, a mid-oceanic squiggle of emerald islands, where the Imperial Japanese Navy hid from American spotter planes during WWII.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spotter
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But other political observers note that Republicans will be narrow favorites to retain the upper chamber given the near perfect election season Democrats must have.—
Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
3 May 2026
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Contested election Earlier this year, Myanmar completed its third and final round of voting in a general election, a process which has been widely called a sham by international observers.—
Lorcan Lovett,
NPR,
3 May 2026
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The union, which represents animal care specialists, patrol officers, custodians, groundskeepers, patrol officers, aides and seasonal workers, said the zoo's last contract offer would have taken away their health care plan without providing a comparable alternative.—
Sara Tenenbaum,
CBS News,
6 May 2026
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Aurora police credited proactive patrol work and real-time technology with getting Barnes off the streets before the situation could escalate further.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
6 May 2026
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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
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But royal watchers hoping to hear pieces of the president and British monarch’s conversation may be disappointed.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026
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Kate sometimes sports looks that remind royal watchers of Diana's iconic style, which fashion director Bethan Holt of The Daily Telegraph previously told PEOPLE is on purpose.—
Janine Henni,
PEOPLE,
27 Apr. 2026
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This is a super-interesting profile by Tom Burrows on Paris Saint-Germain’s Matvey Safonov, the Russian ‘keeper who is seeing them through the second half of the season.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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Dortmund ‘keeper Gregor Kobel denied Cyriaque Irié a consolation goal.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
26 Apr. 2026
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Their Tibetan ancestry dates back thousands of years to when they were bred as an interior sentinel in the Buddhist monasteries.—
Katelyn Chef,
Martha Stewart,
12 Apr. 2026
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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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“Spotter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spotter. Accessed 9 May. 2026.
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