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Recent Examples of watchdog
Readers rely on The Sun’s role as a watchdog — one that our news organization views as essential to identifying solutions for the region’s most pressing challenges.
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Trif Alatzas, Baltimore Sun, 6 June 2025
Facing a potential veto from Gov. Ned Lamont, the General Assembly agreed Wednesday to delete a portion of a bipartisan bill that would have ended a half century of independence by Connecticut’s elections watchdog.
—Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 5 June 2025
The package would reduce federal outlays, or spending, by nearly $1.3 trillion over that period, while cutting taxes by $3.75 trillion, the watchdog group said.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 4 June 2025
Seongnam by then was rapidly developing, becoming the site of several projects, and Lee threw himself into local watchdog activism.
—Max Kim, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2025
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Trif Alatzas, Baltimore Sun, 6 June 2025
Facing a potential veto from Gov. Ned Lamont, the General Assembly agreed Wednesday to delete a portion of a bipartisan bill that would have ended a half century of independence by Connecticut’s elections watchdog.
—Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 5 June 2025
The package would reduce federal outlays, or spending, by nearly $1.3 trillion over that period, while cutting taxes by $3.75 trillion, the watchdog group said.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 4 June 2025
Seongnam by then was rapidly developing, becoming the site of several projects, and Lee threw himself into local watchdog activism.
—Max Kim, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for watchdog
Noun
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Highway patrol video shows damage to the plane’s tail, which appears to have broken off along with other parts of the aircraft.—
Amanda Musa,
CNN Money,
8 June 2025
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But that morning, border patrol agents were spotted across the street from the Home Depot, gathering around 9 a.m.—
Rachel Uranga,
Los Angeles Times,
8 June 2025
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With Badlands set to closely follow the adventures of a young Predator hunter trying to prove himself, this feels like only the beginning for an on-screen expansion of these aliens' history and culture.—
Fran Ruiz,
Space.com,
6 June 2025
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Behind the brand, is the Parisian jewelry designer and passionate stone hunter Cyril Bismuth, whose ‘spiritual jewelry’ already has a firm following in the US market.—
Kate Matthams,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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But the programs have struggled to get enough qualified participants, observers say, and have tended to focus their efforts on Riyadh rather than across the country.—
Nabih Bulos,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2025
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But observers believe there is an external, international reason.—
Paul Tilsley,
FOXNews.com,
8 June 2025
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On Tuesday cops received a 911 call that a pit bull-mix puppy had chewed off the face of a 6-month-old baby girl, killing her.—
Roni Jacobson,
New York Daily News,
30 May 2025
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Best of Bingo The songs in this 30-minute video all focus on a puppy named Bingo.—
Elisabeth Sherman,
Parents,
30 May 2025
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These tools act as governance sentinels, standing guard at the frontier of change.—
Shazia Manus,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2025
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But these silver sentinels go largely unnoticed, their purpose a mystery to the millions who shuffle past.—
Yuvraj Khanna,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
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The tree had long been a way marker and memory maker: a site of wedding proposals and remembrance ceremonies, a sentry in photos from one-in-a-lifetime family vacations, taped to fridges across the world.—
Amelia Nierenberg,
New York Times,
29 Apr. 2025
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Anduril makes everything from small drones to sentry towers used to police the U.S.-Mexico border systems to enable pilotless vehicles.—
William Hartung,
Forbes,
26 Dec. 2024
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The film world premiered in the non-competitive Cannes Premiere section, but clinched a peripheral prize with its canine cast member, sheepdog Panda, beating 24 other candidates to win the Palm Dog.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
4 June 2025
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The sheepdog lobby is going to be all up in paws about this: [ Irish Post ] The Autonomous Space Robotics Lab (ASRL) at University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies (UTIAS) has been working on a tethered ground robot called TREX, which stands for Tethered Robotic Explorer.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
3 Apr. 2015
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Moving beyond the initial cost of raising a child, higher education costs typically come prior to the parent/guardian retiring.—
David Kudla,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
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Trainor played her whimsical older brother (who’s also her guardian), Spencer.—
Victoria Edel,
People.com,
27 May 2025
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“Watchdog.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/watchdog. Accessed 13 Jun. 2025.
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