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watchdog

noun

Definition of watchdog

as in patrol

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Recent Examples of watchdog Earlier this month the United Nations nuclear watchdog agency asked the body to hold Iran accountable for failing to stick with safeguards meant to prevent the development of nuclear weapons, according to diplomatic officials. — Adrienne Vogt, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2026 The Southern Environmental Law Center, a large environment watchdog, just filed a lawsuit alleging the OpenAI deal violated Georgia sunshine laws that guarantee public access to government meetings and records. — Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 23 Sep. 2026 Early involvement also isn’t the same as ownership, Tyler Johnston, founder of AI watchdog group the Midas Project who identifies with the effective altruist movement, said. — Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 23 Sep. 2026 The first and arguably most essential WarnerMount watchdog would come from inside the contentious new studio. — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 23 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for watchdog

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Noun

This summer, four officers from the traffic unit were moved into vacant positions in regular patrol and investigative units, and their former positions in traffic were eliminated.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 29 Sep. 2026
Other participants included the Royal Navy frigate HMS Portland, US Navy and Royal Air Force P-8 maritime patrol aircraft, and US Air Force F-15E Strike Eagles.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of patrol

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Its light also allowed the hunters to pursue their quarry long into the night, per the Old Farmer's Almanac.

— Anthony Wood, Space.com, 28 Sep. 2026
On a recent afternoon at Tukaway Farm in Hampshire, trainer Kim Angerman stood in the center of an arena, calling out instructions to two teen girls trying to turn a pair of thoroughbreds into show hunters and jumpers.

— Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of hunter

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Through a meditative duet between the performer’s cognition and their autonomic nervous system, activities that were largely imperceptible to an outside observer became known to the performer.

— Sophie Landres, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
Both developments create concerns among some observers that the companies are overseeing inflated volumes or, at worst, are experiencing wash trading, in which traders collude to buy and sell an asset to create a false sense of economic activity.

— Davis Giangiulio,Ananya Chetia, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of observer

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Santa Ana Police arrested a woman Thursday who appeared to deliberately run over a 9-month-old puppy in a disturbing surveillance camera video.

— Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
Up on a hill overlooking Sarajevo, Karadžić, the proud champion of his nation, huddles inside a little red pod, formerly part of a cable car, trying to make a phone call to his wife while petting a puppy that larks around at his feet.

— Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026

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The news was accompanied by a rare photo from 1968, taken during the famous Mad Day Out photoshoot, also featuring Martha, Paul McCartney’s sheepdog.

— Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 19 Aug. 2026
The show follows the titular Shaun, who lives on a quiet British farm with his flock and is constantly trying to add excitement to their quaint lifestyles, often causing trouble for their farmer and the sheepdog Bitzer.

— Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 24 June 2026

Definition of sheepdog

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And Ric Salinas, who plays Chachalacani, humorously obliges, bringing his Culture Clash vaudeville skills to the role of the sentry who’s caught between the rock of Klion’s tyranny and his fellow feeling for Antíkona’s sympathetic cause.

— Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Instead, Hongqi said the solar roof could help supply lower-voltage electrical loads, including air conditioning, refrigerators and the vehicle’s sentry or monitoring systems.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of sentry

Noun

This faux fur blanket is a particular favorite in my household — my husband appreciates the mid-weight warmth and plush feel, and our pup loves curling up next to her dad on the soft bubbled surface.

— Vivien Lee, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2026
But your pup might get stressed in the bustling, crowded park.

— Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 17 Sep. 2026

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