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A watchman stopped them at the gate.
hired a watchman to patrol the factory at night
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Bethlehem Steel bought weapons for 50 guards at its Sparrows Point shipyard; local factories and power plants armed their watchmen, too.
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Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 10 Dec. 2024
Although this use of quantum media—media that count, quantify or enumerate—to more closely monitor the watchman’s activities seemed to work for several nights, he was eventually found sleeping in the engine room, having attached the pedometer to a piston rod.
—Jacqueline D. Wernimont, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Nov. 2024
Following an altercation—one that a 911 dispatcher urged the overly zealous neighborhood watchman to avoid—Martin lay on the ground, shot dead by a single bullet that traversed his heart and lung.
—Cedric Dark, WIRED, 14 Sep. 2024
Something for New Yorkers to keep in mind while watching their watchmen ahead of next year’s city elections.
—Harry Siegel, New York Daily News, 27 July 2024
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Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 10 Dec. 2024
Although this use of quantum media—media that count, quantify or enumerate—to more closely monitor the watchman’s activities seemed to work for several nights, he was eventually found sleeping in the engine room, having attached the pedometer to a piston rod.
—Jacqueline D. Wernimont, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Nov. 2024
Following an altercation—one that a 911 dispatcher urged the overly zealous neighborhood watchman to avoid—Martin lay on the ground, shot dead by a single bullet that traversed his heart and lung.
—Cedric Dark, WIRED, 14 Sep. 2024
Something for New Yorkers to keep in mind while watching their watchmen ahead of next year’s city elections.
—Harry Siegel, New York Daily News, 27 July 2024
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“Watchman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/watchman. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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