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Recent Examples of spotter
As of April 4, the locations of 11 vessels were publicly available via military disclosures and open-source imagery captured by satellites or ship spotters.
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Lee Habeeb, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Apr. 2025
According to ship spotters, the Ohio left its homeport in late February for a westward voyage to Hawaii.
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 May 2025
For Con Ed, spotters are an easy solution to a persistent problem.
—Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
To keep tabs on the inevitable demise of Kosmos 482, check sites like Heavens Above, which provide star charts and times the craft will be passing by for skilled backyard telescope spotters.
—Eric MacK, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
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Lee Habeeb, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Apr. 2025
According to ship spotters, the Ohio left its homeport in late February for a westward voyage to Hawaii.
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 May 2025
For Con Ed, spotters are an easy solution to a persistent problem.
—Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
To keep tabs on the inevitable demise of Kosmos 482, check sites like Heavens Above, which provide star charts and times the craft will be passing by for skilled backyard telescope spotters.
—Eric MacK, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spotter
Noun
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But the programs have struggled to get enough qualified participants, observers say, and have tended to focus their efforts on Riyadh rather than across the country.—
Nabih Bulos,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2025
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But observers believe there is an external, international reason.—
Paul Tilsley,
FOXNews.com,
8 June 2025
Noun
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But that morning, border patrol agents were spotted across the street from the Home Depot, gathering around 9 a.m.—
Rachel Uranga,
Los Angeles Times,
8 June 2025
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Highway patrol video shows damage to the plane’s tail, which appears to have broken off along with other parts of the aircraft.—
Amanda Musa,
CNN Money,
8 June 2025
Noun
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The tree had long been a way marker and memory maker: a site of wedding proposals and remembrance ceremonies, a sentry in photos from one-in-a-lifetime family vacations, taped to fridges across the world.—
Amelia Nierenberg,
New York Times,
29 Apr. 2025
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Anduril makes everything from small drones to sentry towers used to police the U.S.-Mexico border systems to enable pilotless vehicles.—
William Hartung,
Forbes,
26 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Mono Lake — which sits higher than 6,300 feet in elevation and reflects the Sierras across its nearly 70-square-mile surface — is a popular destination for hikers, kayakers and bird watchers.—
Noah Haggerty,
Los Angeles Times,
25 May 2025
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The news of Byford’s involvement was also welcomed by close watchers of Penn’s redevelopment.—
Evan Simko-Bednarski,
New York Daily News,
23 May 2025
Noun
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Isabella’s a keeper with an assistant-manager title in the near future.—
Eddie Mouradian,
Vulture,
7 Apr. 2025
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Callender was back in his usual role as Inter Miami’s starting keeper on Sunday night against Toronto FC at Chase Stadium.—
Andre Fernandez,
Miami Herald,
7 Apr. 2025
Noun
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These tools act as governance sentinels, standing guard at the frontier of change.—
Shazia Manus,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2025
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But these silver sentinels go largely unnoticed, their purpose a mystery to the millions who shuffle past.—
Yuvraj Khanna,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
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“Spotter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spotter. Accessed 13 Jun. 2025.
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