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spotters

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plural of spotter

as in observers

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More sympathetic observers on the right think Fuentes’s disinterested approach to electoral politics is a deliberate choice.

— Nathan Taylor Pemberton, Vanity Fair, 29 Oct. 2026
The political hardball and outside money have left some observers weary.

— Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026

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Which is its biggest deployment yet of federal election watchers, but not nearly as many as the parties and their friends.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 28 Oct. 2026
Dave’s Dolphin & Whale Watching Safari) Social media footage showed Eastern Tropical Pacific orcas traveling in a pod and within feet of a few boats, leaving whale watchers stunned Saturday off Laguna Beach.

— Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of watchers

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According to the post, Kentucky State Police Aviation saw smoke in the area, and wardens and search and rescue personnel were able to access the location, near the headwaters of Cave Run Lake, using a boat.

— Caroline Neal, Louisville Courier Journal, 11 Sep. 2026
Game wardens did arrest nine people across Georgia for boating under the influence, the majority of whom were at Lake Lanier.

— Dan Raby, CBS News, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of wardens

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Some of them have panoramic views of white windmills, which dot the coastline of the Taiwan Strait like slender sentries.

— Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
In humans, traits such as neuroticism and recklessness appear to have some evolutionary basis—emerging perhaps to provide our species with sentries who alerted us to threats, and with explorers who led the way to new food sources.

— Vann R. Newkirk II, The Atlantic, 28 July 2026

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