bear watching
idiom
: to require or need observation or attention
suspicious behavior that bears watching
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And other cases involving coaches in the playoffs bear watching.
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USA TODAY, 13 Jan. 2024
Hiking Kauai’s Napali Coast, Alaskan bear watching, Irish island hopping — readers have had some incredible travel adventures this last year.
—Jackie Burrell, The Mercury News, 1 Jan. 2024
None of the storms is an immediate threat to the U.S., though the Caribbean wave will bear watching.
—Leigh Morgan, al, 1 Sep. 2021
But there are interesting contests and other outcomes that bear watching.
—Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al, 8 Nov. 2022
The status of Steelers receiver Diontae Johnson this week will bear watching.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Oct. 2020
Even in the short term, the effects of this will bear watching.
—Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Feb. 2022
Isolated rates of an inch per hour are possible, raising concerns primarily about mud and debris flows in the burn scar from October’s Alisal fire in Santa Barbara County, but burn scars from recent fires in the Angeles National Forest and the Santa Monica Mountains will also bear watching.
—Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2021
The Buccaneers beat the Panthers 31-17 in Week 2, but Carolina seemed to solve Brady and the Bucs passing game in the second half — something that could bear watching on Sunday.
—Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 15 Nov. 2020
USA TODAY, 13 Jan. 2024
Hiking Kauai’s Napali Coast, Alaskan bear watching, Irish island hopping — readers have had some incredible travel adventures this last year.
—Jackie Burrell, The Mercury News, 1 Jan. 2024
None of the storms is an immediate threat to the U.S., though the Caribbean wave will bear watching.
—Leigh Morgan, al, 1 Sep. 2021
But there are interesting contests and other outcomes that bear watching.
—Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al, 8 Nov. 2022
The status of Steelers receiver Diontae Johnson this week will bear watching.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Oct. 2020
Even in the short term, the effects of this will bear watching.
—Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Feb. 2022
Isolated rates of an inch per hour are possible, raising concerns primarily about mud and debris flows in the burn scar from October’s Alisal fire in Santa Barbara County, but burn scars from recent fires in the Angeles National Forest and the Santa Monica Mountains will also bear watching.
—Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2021
The Buccaneers beat the Panthers 31-17 in Week 2, but Carolina seemed to solve Brady and the Bucs passing game in the second half — something that could bear watching on Sunday.
—Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 15 Nov. 2020
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