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Recent Examples of spotter
Plane spotter Kevin Ray, who created the YouTube channel where the video was posted, can be heard exclaiming with surprise.
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Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2024
One example is its interactive AI trend spotter tool that detects early signals of fast-growing trends, like the recent Scandi Girl make-up from Scandinavia that has gone viral.
—Michelle Greenwald, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
The spotter’s job is to identify the most relevant players on every play – mainly tackler and ball carriers – then hold a flash card with the players’ names in case the broadcasters can’t identify them right away.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 11 Aug. 2024
According to a ship spotter in Gibraltar, a British Overseas Territory that borders Spain to the north, the USS Harry S. Truman, one of 11 U.S. Navy aircraft carriers in service, was seen sailing into the Mediterranean from the Atlantic Ocean via the Strait of Gibraltar.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2024
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Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2024
One example is its interactive AI trend spotter tool that detects early signals of fast-growing trends, like the recent Scandi Girl make-up from Scandinavia that has gone viral.
—Michelle Greenwald, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
The spotter’s job is to identify the most relevant players on every play – mainly tackler and ball carriers – then hold a flash card with the players’ names in case the broadcasters can’t identify them right away.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 11 Aug. 2024
According to a ship spotter in Gibraltar, a British Overseas Territory that borders Spain to the north, the USS Harry S. Truman, one of 11 U.S. Navy aircraft carriers in service, was seen sailing into the Mediterranean from the Atlantic Ocean via the Strait of Gibraltar.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spotter
Noun
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The comet's sudden increase in luster tempted not a few observers to search for it during the daytime.—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
27 Jan. 2025
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This mixed bag has allowed observers on all sides to crow.—
Dan Greene,
The New Yorker,
27 Jan. 2025
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But until then, Sally Gale says, the Chileno Valley Newt Brigade will remain on patrol every night escorting newts, frogs, toads and turtles safely across the road.—
Stephanie O'Neill,
NPR,
26 Jan. 2025
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According to the South Korean air force, the bilateral exercise is aimed at enhancing the alliance's capabilities in executing joint operations such as air support and combat patrols.—
Raul A. Reyes,
Newsweek,
22 Jan. 2025
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Canine work also includes some of the partnerships that have been the backbone of human-dog coevolution, such as guarding, herding, hunting, and acting as sentry.—
Jessica Pierce,
TIME,
15 Dec. 2024
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About a quarter-mile down the road, two soaring launch towers – one for each launch pad – sit sentry on SpaceX’s launch site as workers mill around.—
Rick Jervis,
USA TODAY,
18 Dec. 2024
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This keeps those invested in the game and those commercial watchers engaged and having fun.—
Kaitlyn Keegan,
Hartford Courant,
27 Jan. 2025
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Change in direction will 'hurt the industry and lead to job losses' Some industry watchers, however, warn that a significant shift on EVs could ultimately hurt automakers.—
Eric D. Lawrence,
USA TODAY,
25 Jan. 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
Noun
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An American flag stands like a sentinel on a flagpole beside the Capitol under an ominously gray sky.—
John Blake,
CNN,
12 Jan. 2025
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Poignant, too, is a black and silver gown by the late Azzedine Alaïa that Gabet described as a masterpiece, stood like a sentinel amidst Rennaissance bronzes in the Rotonde Jean Boulogne.—
Miles Socha,
WWD,
3 Sep. 2019
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