Thesaurus results for WATCHDOG

watchdog

noun

Definition of watchdog

as in patrol

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as in hunter

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Recent Examples of watchdog Importantly, there is no watchdog for students and families to turn to. — Denise Forte, Baltimore Sun, 21 Oct. 2026 With loans, there is an expectation that the campaign — using donor funds — will pay the candidate back, said Shanna Ports, a senior legal counsel for the nonpartisan watchdog group Campaign Legal Center. — Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 20 Oct. 2026 The Walton fortune rests on wages so low that a federal watchdog found Walmart among the biggest employers of workers on Medicaid and food stamps. — Christopher Marquis, Time, 16 Oct. 2026 In response, the watchdog group Campaign for Accountability filed a complaint Wednesday with the State Bar of California asking them to investigate whether Zacharia misrepresented herself as a lawyer in violation of California law. — ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for watchdog

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Noun

An earlier version of this story included an incorrect name and gender for the victim in the crash, based on information from the highway patrol.

— Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 3 Nov. 2026
Missouri state troopers have captured an escaped convict who broke free from a Tennessee prison last week, a highway patrol spokesperson told Fox News Digital Tuesday.

— Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of patrol

Noun

Among his trophies are an Alaskan moose and caribou, wild boars, bears, whitetail deer, Catalina goats and more mule deer bucks than some hunters see in a lifetime.

— Rich LaRocco, Outdoor Life, 2 Nov. 2026
Rattlesnakes are lazy hunters that wait in the shadows for prey to approach.

— RJ Mackenzie, Popular Science, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of hunter

Noun

But yes, getting to cuddle a puppy is obviously part of the appeal.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Oct. 2026
The game settled down a bit after that first rotation, but Wilson played most of his debut with the well-meaning gracelessness of a puppy who has yet to grow into his paws.

— Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026

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The vast Puya de Raimondi forest is on your doorstep, where thousands of giant bromeliads—the largest on the planet—rise like sentinels over the highlands.

— Luke Abrahams, Vogue, 27 Oct. 2026
Tuna are also ecologically important apex predators and serve as sentinels of ocean health.

— Torben Rick, The Conversation, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of sentinel

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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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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
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

Definition of sentry

Noun

That extra piece of siding near the entrance helps prevent wind and rain from entering the dog house, keeping your pup dry and warm in the winter.

— BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2026
Salsa was rescued once as a pup during an Unprecedented Mortality Event, released in 2015, re-stranded due to a fishing entanglement and deemed non-releasable by the federal government.

— Valerie Greene, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2026

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