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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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She is made superior simply by being a researcher, impartial observer, who must see without the prejudicial lens of her own culture and experience.—
Hua Hsu,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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Vance 'could be a bridge builder' Political observers say the person who may be most affected by the imbroglio is JD Vance, who has made faith part of his political persona.—
Marc Ramirez,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The patrol said the crash was fatal and no other vehicles were involved.—
WCCO Staff,
CBS News,
22 Apr. 2026
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The company said two configurations are being developed, one optimized for stealth endurance and the other for higher-speed strike and patrol roles.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
22 Apr. 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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The sharp rebound has surprised some market watchers because the conflict remains unresolved and a fragile ceasefire faces looming deadlines.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
21 Apr. 2026
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Campaign watchers said that the internal wars in New Britain have been brewing for decades and bitter, bareknuckle New Britain politics is ugly enough without needing any extra push from Lamont.—
Christopher Keating,
Hartford Courant,
19 Apr. 2026
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Buttercup and her pups are being monitored by animal keepers and veterinary staff.—
Hanna Wickes,
Miami Herald,
21 Apr. 2026
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Ellie Roebuck Hasn’t been capped since 2023 but back in the WSL with Aston Villa and back in Wiegman’s squad as a reliable reserve ‘keeper.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
20 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 25 Apr. 2026.
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