Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for watchdogs
Noun
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Like the studio album, the halftime show invited its observers to party and learn a little if even by accident.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
9 Feb. 2026 -
Foreign observers, Liu argues, tend to portray Chinese people as either the enablers or the victims of their government’s excesses.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Now, the swans have to deal with hunters and von Rothbart’s jealousy.—
David Lyman,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
5 Feb. 2026
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Per the plan conceived by the Catalina Island Conservancy, professional hunters will shoot the island’s non-native mule deer on the ground over four to five years.—
Lila Seidman,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Feb. 2026
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The populations in Akwa (also in southeastern Igboland) formed vigilante groups armed with rifles, built towers where sentinels were posted, and their shots would alert villagers if raiders came within sight.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Dec. 2025
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That majestic array of green-gray gneiss sentinels may be the most conceptually elaborate Neolithic monument in Europe.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
24 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Industry watchers considered D’Amaro the frontrunner for the CEO job.—
Dewayne Bevil,
The Orlando Sentinel,
3 Feb. 2026
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That may not have surprised some Texas court watchers.—
A.O. Scott,
New York Times,
3 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Kochab is the brighter of the two outer stars in the bowl of the Little Dipper (the other being Pherkad), which seem to march in a circle like sentries around Polaris, the North Star.—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
14 Dec. 2025
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The pair later designed pieces for various regiments of the Royal Guards, the sentries protecting Buckingham Palace and St James’s Palace in London.—
Oscar Holland,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
Noun
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For now, keepers are focused on giving mother and calf time to bond while closely monitoring the newborn’s progress.—
Jasmine Baehr,
FOXNews.com,
4 Feb. 2026
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The calf and her mother are off-exhibit and will spend a month away from the herd and keepers.—
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
4 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Having a dominant interior presence who draws extra defenders, Thomas said, could do wonders for a scorer wired to attack gaps.—
C.J. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
9 Feb. 2026
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Seattle has four different defenders who recorded 50-plus pressures this season, including defensive tackles Leonard Williams and Byron Murphy II (seven sacks apiece).—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
8 Feb. 2026
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