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Recent Examples of watchdog
Iran, in turn, is fortifying several of its nuclear facilities, according to new satellite imagery and analysis from an independent nuclear watchdog.
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Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 19 Feb. 2026
The Labor Department's inspector general, an internal watchdog, is investigating the situation, according to the Times.
—Dan Mangan,kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 19 Feb. 2026
But international watchdog group SteelWatch calls the latest move for steel production facility Gary Works – the decision to invest $350 million to reline a blast furnace –bad for the community.
—Tara Molina, CBS News, 18 Feb. 2026
To visualize the impact, the watchdog group calculates that a typical couple age 60 today, who retire at the moment of insolvency, would face an $18,400 annual cut in benefits.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 17 Feb. 2026
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Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 19 Feb. 2026
The Labor Department's inspector general, an internal watchdog, is investigating the situation, according to the Times.
—Dan Mangan,kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 19 Feb. 2026
But international watchdog group SteelWatch calls the latest move for steel production facility Gary Works – the decision to invest $350 million to reline a blast furnace –bad for the community.
—Tara Molina, CBS News, 18 Feb. 2026
To visualize the impact, the watchdog group calculates that a typical couple age 60 today, who retire at the moment of insolvency, would face an $18,400 annual cut in benefits.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 17 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for watchdog
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Because the crash happened not far from one of the department’s precincts, officers on routine patrol were able to get to the scene almost immediately, Chatham County police said.—
Saleen Martin,
USA Today,
18 Feb. 2026
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Tuesday night, the deputy was responding to a call for service when a tree fell onto the patrol vehicle.—
Cecilio Padilla,
CBS News,
18 Feb. 2026
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Indigenous hunters, for example, used one type of dart frog poison on the tips of their arrows.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
15 Feb. 2026
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Even during the regular waterfowl seasons, hunters have doubtless seen a lone snow goose or white-fronted goose alone in a field.—
Bryan Hendricks,
Arkansas Online,
15 Feb. 2026
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This type of immersive education challenges students to engage with conflict not as passive observers but as active participants, working alongside those directly impacted by conflict to understand their experiences and gain firsthand knowledge of the complexities involved in sustaining peace.—
David Dumke,
The Orlando Sentinel,
15 Feb. 2026
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Most observers think the Sharafs triumphed over long odds.—
Chris Hewitt,
Boston Herald,
15 Feb. 2026
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Albers said that if a dog wanders too close to a coyote den during puppy season and a territorial adult coyote is at home, the encounter may not end well for the house pet.—
Sophie Hartley,
IndyStar,
17 Feb. 2026
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The acting mandate was evidently to go puppy.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
14 Feb. 2026
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Academic medical center sentinel networks.—
Robert B. Shpiner,
STAT,
13 Feb. 2026
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The gas Citizens Energy serves customers, typically methane, is naturally odorless so the company adds mercaptan, which smells like sulfur or rotten eggs, to serve as a sentinel in case there's a gas leak.—
Karl Schneider,
IndyStar,
10 Dec. 2025
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Rivian’s unique styling and inventive features like Kick Turn, the hoot owl and Gear Guardian, Rivian’s virtual sentry, add quirky appeal.—
Mark Phelan,
USA Today,
23 Jan. 2026
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Kochab is the brighter of the two outer stars in the bowl of the Little Dipper (the other being Pherkad), which seem to march in a circle like sentries around Polaris, the North Star.—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
14 Dec. 2025
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The golden retriever and Labrador retrievers, popular pets who have never won Best in Show, were fan favorites, as were a Sussex spaniel named Goober and one of the Best in Show competitors, an Old English sheepdog named Graham.—
Leigh Nordstrom,
Footwear News,
4 Feb. 2026
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Finalists included an Afghan hound named Zaida, a Lhasa apso called JJ, a Maltese named Cookie and an old English sheepdog dubbed Graham.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
4 Feb. 2026
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And so the city was exposed to future hurricanes, and lost the living guardians whose roots held the land in place.—
Melina Walling,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Feb. 2026
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Investigators determined Colgrove was the legal guardian for her 4-year-old grandson.—
Elissa Jorgensen,
Dallas Morning News,
16 Feb. 2026
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“Watchdog.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/watchdog. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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