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Noun
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Many observers have argued in retrospect that blocking the merger was a mistake.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
11 May 2026 -
Still, royal observers have noted that any move to formally alter Andrew’s place in the succession could force officials to revisit legal principles for the first time in nearly 90 years.—
Allison DeGrushe,
StyleCaster,
11 May 2026
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For deal hunters and people fixing up their starter apartments, Wayfair has much to offer in the way of a truly massive selection of affordable lighting.—
Julia Harrison,
Architectural Digest,
11 May 2026
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When The Worm’s Cannon Fires Velvet worms are nocturnal hunters that move through leaf litter, rotting logs and other cluttered, low-light environments.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
9 May 2026
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And for decades, billboards with Smart’s smiling face stood like sentinels along Highway 101, silently urging anyone with information to come forward.—
Chelsea Bailey,
CNN Money,
8 May 2026
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Precedent for this idea comes from Poland, where many cities already use freshwater mussels as living sentinels of water quality, wired with sensors that register when the animals clamp their shells shut in response to pollutants.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
31 Mar. 2026
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Even counting flaws that come with the system and his decisions that have unnerved some China watchers, however, time is on Xi’s side.—
Steven Jiang,
CNN Money,
13 May 2026
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The news that Princess Eugenie is expecting her third baby has been the one thing royal watchers have been focusing on for the past few weeks.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
13 May 2026
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The soldiers would have stayed as sentries before and after the performance, symbolically guarding the legacy of Taiwan’s founder.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
13 Mar. 2026
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Police had taped off several square blocks around Sixth Street, while local police and federal authorities, including Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agents, were at the site, according to Austin police officers serving as sentries.—
Jack Myer,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Ideas like reparative journalism and sousveillance — an antonym for surveillance, concerning watching the watchmen in a reversal of power — earn fleeting mentions, but are never the focus of actual inquiry.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
14 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Both keepers had one save in a scoreless first half.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
10 May 2026
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Shera, a female African lion, died Thursday at the National Zoo in Washington after suffering a decline in mobility and being euthanized by keepers at the facility.—
Dana Hedgpeth,
Washington Post,
8 May 2026
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Global Witness says at least 2,253 land and environmental defenders have been killed or disappeared globally between 2012 and 2024, with Latin America accounting for the vast majority of cases.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
11 May 2026
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At times during the Sandy Brondello era, Johannes would flash her offensive firepower, but sometimes be a liability against opposing defenders.—
Fiifi Frimpong,
New York Daily News,
11 May 2026
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“Watchdogs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/watchdogs. Accessed 14 May. 2026.
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