surveillant

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Recent Examples of surveillant The consequences of that world for the surveillant as well as the surveilled is a lesson for this day and age for sure. Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2022
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Noun
  • Many observers have predicted that the looming energy shortage could force residents in Transnistria to travel to Moldova to seek basic amenities to get through winter, a season in which temperatures throughout the country regularly drop below subzero degrees Celsius.
    Stephen McGrath and Aurel Obreja, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2024
  • Beijing’s plans and actions have unsettled many observers in Washington, some of whom worry that China is catching up to the United States, or even leaping ahead.
    Sam Bresnick, Foreign Affairs, 31 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • More spikes were set up, and Cramer swerved and then crashed head-on into Martin’s patrol vehicle and launched him about 100 feet, authorities said.
    Jack Dura, Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec. 2024
  • When a deputy arrived, one of the bears tried to climb into her patrol vehicle.
    Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 30 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • On the second largest of the seven remote islands, historic Fort Jefferson stands like a sentinel over the sand.
    Kara Franker, Southern Living, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Trucks equipped with cannons and 50-caliber machine guns sit as bereft sentinels on street corners.
    Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2025

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“Surveillant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surveillant. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.

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