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watchdog

noun

Definition of watchdog

as in patrol

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as in hunter

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Recent Examples of watchdog Los Angeles Unified is at high risk of insolvency, California’s fiscal watchdog says, citing declining enrollment, rising staff and labor costs, and growing expenses for special education. — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026 The Russian Health Ministry and Russia's public health watchdog Rospotrebnadzor didn't respond to CNBC's request for further information. — Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2026 Adding to the unusual response, Anna Popova, the head of Russia’s public health watchdog Rospotrebnadzor, flew to Irkutsk for an emergency meeting after Shipilova’s death, Reuters reported. — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026 Public awareness of many of the uses and abuses of this technology is largely the result of dedicated, time-consuming work by journalists and watchdog groups. — Abigail Hall, The Conversation, 5 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for watchdog

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Noun

Plano Police Chief Ed Drain announced his department is considering placing a patrol bureau on the site.

— J.D. Miles, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026
On Saturday, a drone attack against a military patrol also killed a soldier in La Vega, also in Cauca.

— ABC News, ABC News, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of patrol

Noun

On the day of the scavenger hunt, the team hides its creations around town, while ravenous worm-hunters eagerly await their first hint of where a ceramic worm decorated to look like a pickle, or a crayon, or a rainbow dinosaur, can be found.

— Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 12 Oct. 2026
And participating in a kind of cat-like hunter game, being entertained in a way that animals do for each other, can be very simple.

— Chris Willman, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of hunter

Noun

Coleman found instructive a 1938 ruling in favor of the Pittsburgh Pirates, who challenged a radio station that placed observers on a rooftop next to Forbes Field and paid them to provide play-by-play for an unauthorized radio broadcast.

— Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 15 Oct. 2026
While international observers initially blamed Moscow for the blasts, investigators later found suggestions that Ukrainian state security agencies may have been involved — even though Ukraine counts Germany as one of its closest allies.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of observer

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Tuna are also ecologically important apex predators and serve as sentinels of ocean health.

— Torben Rick, The Conversation, 12 Oct. 2026
The program finally comes to an end For more than 55 years, at least a handful of these satellites have been flying as silent sentinels—until last month.

— Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of sentinel

Noun

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

An adorable pup in Louisiana was anxious to swim into rising Gulf of Mexico waters, doing a stationary doggie paddle while being carried through a flood during Hurricane Isaias.

— Erika Angulo, NBC news, 11 Oct. 2026
Now, nearly a month later, the pup is regularly nursing from Winnie, zoo officials said.

— Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 4 Oct. 2026

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