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as in guardian
a person or group that watches over someone or something
the inexperienced babysitter turned out to be a well-meaning but hopelessly incompetent watcher of young children
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Recent Examples of watcher
John Pollard, 62, of Philadelphia, allegedly threatened to kill a state party representative who was recruiting poll watchers online.
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Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 4 Nov. 2024
The Secretary of State has issued guidance to allow Republican poll watchers in but local officials REFUSE.
—Washington Examiner Staff, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 2 Nov. 2024
The concept of women playing baseball isn’t at all foreign to casual American sports fans, moviegoers and TV watchers.
—David K. Li, NBC News, 2 Nov. 2024
Corporate Transparency and Future Industry Impact As PepsiCo constructs its largest U.S. plant in Colorado and shutters smaller facilities across the country, employees and industry watchers are questioning how corporations handle these transitions.
—Tom Spiggle, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
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Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 4 Nov. 2024
The Secretary of State has issued guidance to allow Republican poll watchers in but local officials REFUSE.
—Washington Examiner Staff, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 2 Nov. 2024
The concept of women playing baseball isn’t at all foreign to casual American sports fans, moviegoers and TV watchers.
—David K. Li, NBC News, 2 Nov. 2024
Corporate Transparency and Future Industry Impact As PepsiCo constructs its largest U.S. plant in Colorado and shutters smaller facilities across the country, employees and industry watchers are questioning how corporations handle these transitions.
—Tom Spiggle, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for watcher
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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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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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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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This poses a serious challenge to the custodians of the existing system of national security policymaking: the uniformed military and the civil service that make up the vast majority of people tasked with overseeing any president’s agenda.Peter D. Feaver, Foreign Affairs, 6 Nov. 2024
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The screenplay by Tom DeNucci (Vault) follows Rickey, a high school custodian whose world is rocked when his girlfriend, Kelly, is selected to play hockey for Team USA and compete in the World Games, thus leaving him behind.Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2024
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Content that misleads viewers or encourages interference in the democratic process is prohibited on YouTube.Clare Duffy, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
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If the film becomes available for digital rental, prices to rent films for a 48-hour period are typically $5 less than the purchase price, so viewers can expect to rent Goodrich for $19.99.Tim Lammers, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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Matchup to watch: Oregon State left guard Joshua Gray vs. SJSU defensive lineman Soane Toia.Christian Vieyra, The Mercury News, 9 Nov. 2024
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The Los Angeles Lakers will send guard Bronny James to their G-League affiliate beginning Saturday, per ESPN.Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
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Like his father, Lucius is enslaved and forced to fight as a gladiator for the entertainment of a wealthy Roman emperor and hordes of bloodthirsty spectators.Anya Jaremko-Greenwold, The Week US, theweek, 8 Nov. 2024
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The giant arena held gladiator contests, the reenactments of battles, and animal hunts of all sort in front of up to 80,000 spectators.Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 4 Nov. 2024
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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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Prosecutors say Allen actually confessed over 60 times to the killings while in prison, to his wife, his mother, family members, the prison warden, the psychologist who treated him in prison, other prison employees and other inmates.Zoe Sottile, CNN, 4 Nov. 2024
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Her attorneys have filed a motion accusing the prison warden of disregarding a lawful order by not releasing her yet.Katie Moore, Kansas City Star, 18 July 2024
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“Watcher.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/watcher. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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