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Recent Examples of spotter
Severe weather has been reported by spotters or indicated by radar.
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Russel Honoré, Newsweek, 5 Mar. 2025
The guidance, which applied to the entire northern Gulf of Mexico (renamed by Trump to the Gulf of America), required ships to have trained spotters to identify where whales were in the water, keep speeds low and avoid transit through the area when visibility was low whenever possible.
—Mark Joseph, Newsweek, 24 Feb. 2025
Fifteen of their fellow spotters were killed in the surprise militant attack on communities and a music festival that left 1,200 Israelis dead and 250 kidnapped in the deadliest day for Jews since the Holocaust.
—Bianna Golodryga, CNN, 13 Feb. 2025
The lawsuit alleged that Ti-Zack Concrete didn’t adequately train the driver, developed no written backup plan, didn’t use a spotter and improperly installed a backup alarm.
—Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 5 Feb. 2025
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Russel Honoré, Newsweek, 5 Mar. 2025
The guidance, which applied to the entire northern Gulf of Mexico (renamed by Trump to the Gulf of America), required ships to have trained spotters to identify where whales were in the water, keep speeds low and avoid transit through the area when visibility was low whenever possible.
—Mark Joseph, Newsweek, 24 Feb. 2025
Fifteen of their fellow spotters were killed in the surprise militant attack on communities and a music festival that left 1,200 Israelis dead and 250 kidnapped in the deadliest day for Jews since the Holocaust.
—Bianna Golodryga, CNN, 13 Feb. 2025
The lawsuit alleged that Ti-Zack Concrete didn’t adequately train the driver, developed no written backup plan, didn’t use a spotter and improperly installed a backup alarm.
—Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 5 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spotter
Noun
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But also implicit in this genre of social media content, some critics and observers say, are more insidious messages — ones that distort our perceptions of masculinity.—
Harmeet Kaur,
CNN Money,
29 Mar. 2025
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Unlike a total solar eclipse, the sun was never completely blocked, so observers needed solar viewing equipment such as solar eclipse glasses or special solar filters on their cameras, telescopes and binoculars to enjoy the sun safely.—
Daisy Dobrijevic,
Space.com,
29 Mar. 2025
Noun
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What Happens Next The Russian military will continue its activities, including exercises and patrols, in the Sea of Japan.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Mar. 2025
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This year — in which Gov. Hochul has been funding additional overtime for overnight transit cop patrols — has seen a further reduction, with an average of 4.4 major crimes a day for January and February.—
Evan Simko-Bednarski,
New York Daily News,
26 Mar. 2025
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Intimidating sentries patrol the streets; snipers are merciless death machines.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
14 Nov. 2014
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Sitting in front of him was the angry sentry known as Devlin’s Billabong, named when Bruce Devlin needed six shots to get out of the pond in the final round of the 1975 Andy Williams Open.—
Bryce Miller,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Jan. 2025
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Sky watchers in certain parts of the globe, including the northeastern U.S., got to see a partial solar eclipse on Saturday morning.—
Mike Snider,
USA Today,
29 Mar. 2025
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Chelsea wears a string, sculpted coconut bra, paired with a fringed skirt—the bra sparked a Reddit hunt, with White Lotus 3 watchers keen to track the bikini down.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
28 Mar. 2025
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D’Onta Foreman had a 38-yard run on the second play of the drive, and Sam Darnold scored on an option keeper.—
Dave Birkett,
USA TODAY,
25 Dec. 2022
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Egan’s 1-yard touchdown run on a fourth-down keeper pulled the Chargers within 28-26 with 4:57 left in the third quarter.—
Jason Frakes,
The Courier-Journal,
26 Nov. 2022
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These range from oversized bats and undead soldiers to towering dragons and tree sentinels — basically a line-up of Elden Ring's greatest hits.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
13 Feb. 2025
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These include spy satellites, missile warning sentinels, and spacecraft for the Global Positioning System.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
11 Feb. 2025
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“Spotter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spotter. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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