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Audrey McCabe is the head of government watchdog Common Cause's disinformation monitoring program.
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Quinn Clark, Journal Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2024
Police shootings are investigated by the Independent Office for Police Conduct, an independent watchdog.
—The Week Staff, theweek, 23 Oct. 2024
The watchdog only became aware of Kaarmann’s tax issues after his name was made public on the tax defaulters list and a journalist reached out to the FCA for comment.
—Robert Olsen, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
Like WalletHub, the federal watchdog found that card-company margins have floated upward over the years, from an average of 9.6% in 2013 to 14.3% in 2023.
—Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 26 Oct. 2024
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Quinn Clark, Journal Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2024
Police shootings are investigated by the Independent Office for Police Conduct, an independent watchdog.
—The Week Staff, theweek, 23 Oct. 2024
The watchdog only became aware of Kaarmann’s tax issues after his name was made public on the tax defaulters list and a journalist reached out to the FCA for comment.
—Robert Olsen, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
Like WalletHub, the federal watchdog found that card-company margins have floated upward over the years, from an average of 9.6% in 2013 to 14.3% in 2023.
—Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 26 Oct. 2024
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With a squad of rebels fanned out to watch for army patrols or helicopters, the unit commander and I and a few others talked for four hours.Matt Thompson, SPIN, 5 Nov. 2024
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Mexican authorities stated that a National Guard patrol came under fire after encountering two suspicious trucks.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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This new, free app pairs hunters with tracking dog owners.Michael Hanback, Outdoor Life, 7 Nov. 2024
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That’s why hunters, wildlife managers, and scientists will continue to work together to monitor CWD’s spread, as well as ensure that appropriate precautions are in place to protect both animals and people alike.Jake Parks, Discover Magazine, 5 Nov. 2024
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This time, Libertarian nominee Eric Joss dropped out in early September and endorsed Evans, a move that was seen by some observers as improving the GOP candidate’s odds in a close race.Lauren Penington, The Denver Post, 10 Nov. 2024
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That helped fuel the walloping Democrats received locally and nationally in Tuesday’s election, observers say.Grant Stringer, The Mercury News, 9 Nov. 2024
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Animal Jokes for Teens and Tweens Does your child stockpile cute photos of puppies and penguins?Fiona Tapp, Parents, 5 Nov. 2024
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Gutfeld frequently shares photos of Gus on social media, and the puppy has even made several appearances on The Five and Gutfeld!Kelsey Lentz, People.com, 4 Nov. 2024
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Seems dolphins are one of the major biological sentinels of our plastic pollution.Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2024
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But it’s had many lives: a residence for noble families, a Nazarene college, a sentinel of resilience that resisted Napoleonic invasions and endured the dark days of Nazi rule.Ann Abel, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
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Three-story red brick buildings stand like sentries and slides and swings adorned the front yards of nearby homes.Ignacio Calderon, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
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Paramount has the usual range of lollipop trees and box spirals, which stand like sentries at front doors in London’s more expensive neighborhoods.Sophie Elmhirst, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2024
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Babe is the heartwarming story of an adorable piglet who aspires to be a sheepdog—much to the delight of Arthur Hoggett (James Cromwell, who received an Oscar nod for the role), a farmer and Babe’s caretaker.Jennifer M. Wood, WIRED, 29 Oct. 2024
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The figurine could also represent an ancestor of the Icelandic sheepdog, a type of Nordic Spitz dog.Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Sep. 2024
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In these accounts parents act as guardians and the children are the beneficiaries until the child reaches the age of majority (usually 18, but sometimes 21) in their state.Stephanie Dhue,Sharon Epperson, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2024
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In the older strata, the animals were preserved in three dimensions, often in sleeping positions or in nests, or as a guardian of nests, a predator attacking a mammal, or even dinos locked in a fight.Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Watchdog.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/watchdog. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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