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Noun
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One challenge facing Fed observers is that the difference between monetary and non-monetary functions at the central bank can be less than clear.—
Steve Liesman,Matt Peterson,
CNBC,
4 May 2026 -
Through those observers, the radio station provided a play-by-play of Pirates home games, which was a practice that undermined the Pirates’ exclusive broadcasting deal with a different radio station.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
4 May 2026
Noun
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According to Courant reports, the skull was found by a pair of hunters on the Cove Meadow peninsula in Haddam Neck where the Connecticut and Salmon rivers join.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
6 May 2026
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Outdoor recreation will also be at risk, particularly for unprepared hunters, hikers, and snowmobilers who could get lost due to low visibility in the blowing snow.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
4 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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Above the Agency house, a hundred yards away, Fort King’s sentinels scanned the area.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Her husband navigated between fascinated watchers.—
‘Pemi Aguda,
Literary Hub,
6 May 2026
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Brown’s citation earlier this week was seen by some close watchers of the award as a kind of corrective.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
6 May 2026
Noun
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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, Cleveland and Seattle counterpart Andrew Thomas, made some heart-stopping saves after halftime.—
The Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
2 May 2026
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An oil house and two keepers’ quarters (one is now a gift shop) were moved with it.—
Jennifer Stewart Kornegay,
Southern Living,
26 Apr. 2026
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Embiid’s aggressiveness early — along with Tyrese Maxey’s speed and ability to put defenders in bad positions — put the Knicks in unfavorable foul trouble early.—
Fiifi Frimpong,
New York Daily News,
5 May 2026
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Brown was called for 10 offensive fouls — most of them push-offs against Philadelphia 76ers defenders — in the Celtics’ seven-game first-round series, which ended Saturday with a 109-100 loss at TD Garden.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
4 May 2026
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“Watchdogs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/watchdogs. Accessed 7 May. 2026.
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