being watched
idiom
: watched or observed carefully especially in order to prevent or detect a crime
He didn't know that he was being watched by the police.
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At first, the female insect doesn't realize she is being watched by a hungry jumping spider twice her size.
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Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 15 Feb. 2024
The trailer sees the couple struggle in their relationship, Stone being watched by cameras, getting rocks thrown at their home, and a strange fight in a bowling alley.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 12 Oct. 2023
The spin-off end tag revisits a scene from The Witcher season 1, when Ciri (Freya Allan), disguised as a street kid, looks off into the market crowd as if being watched.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 27 June 2023
Even weeks after giving birth to the surviving twin, Miller couldn’t shake the feeling she was being watched.
—Rose Minutaglio, ELLE, 22 June 2023
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Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 15 Feb. 2024
The trailer sees the couple struggle in their relationship, Stone being watched by cameras, getting rocks thrown at their home, and a strange fight in a bowling alley.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 12 Oct. 2023
The spin-off end tag revisits a scene from The Witcher season 1, when Ciri (Freya Allan), disguised as a street kid, looks off into the market crowd as if being watched.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 27 June 2023
Even weeks after giving birth to the surviving twin, Miller couldn’t shake the feeling she was being watched.
—Rose Minutaglio, ELLE, 22 June 2023
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“Being watched.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/being%20watched. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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