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Recent Examples of spotter
He was replaced by Myatt Snider who had been working as a pit spotter for the Fox broadcast.
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Jim Vertuno, Chicago Tribune, 2 Mar. 2026
Hendrick driver Alex Bowman got sick on a scorching 85-degree day and had to be replaced by Myatt Snider, a pit spotter for FOX.
—Kevin Lyttle, Austin American Statesman, 1 Mar. 2026
Crew anchor off Misool, a mid-oceanic squiggle of emerald islands, where the Imperial Japanese Navy hid from American spotter planes during WWII.
—Tristan Rutherford, Robb Report, 26 Jan. 2026
Nantz later blamed the miscall on a spotter’s error.
—Andrew Marchand, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2026
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Jim Vertuno, Chicago Tribune, 2 Mar. 2026
Hendrick driver Alex Bowman got sick on a scorching 85-degree day and had to be replaced by Myatt Snider, a pit spotter for FOX.
—Kevin Lyttle, Austin American Statesman, 1 Mar. 2026
Crew anchor off Misool, a mid-oceanic squiggle of emerald islands, where the Imperial Japanese Navy hid from American spotter planes during WWII.
—Tristan Rutherford, Robb Report, 26 Jan. 2026
Nantz later blamed the miscall on a spotter’s error.
—Andrew Marchand, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spotter
Noun
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While the investigation was ostensibly about cost overruns in a Fed renovation project, many observers, including Tillis, considered that pretext.—
Andrea Riquier,
USA Today,
26 Apr. 2026
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Some observers are perplexed as to why a serious adult drama is attracting the level of fan scrutiny usually reserved for genre material.—
Payton Turkeltaub,
Variety,
25 Apr. 2026
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The Missouri State Highway Patrol posted photos to social media of the damage to its patrol vehicles for Troop D, which includes Greene County.—
Marta Mieze,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2026
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Zarzuela said the investigation involved patrol officers and detectives, leading to 37-year-old Gioacchino Esposito being identified as a suspect, according to Zarzuela.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
28 Apr. 2026
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But a Marine sentry was spotted outside the West Wing most of the day Saturday, usually a sign the president is at work.—
James LaPorta,
CBS News,
5 Apr. 2026
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The soldiers would have stayed as sentries before and after the performance, symbolically guarding the legacy of Taiwan’s founder.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
13 Mar. 2026
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But royal watchers hoping to hear pieces of the president and British monarch’s conversation may be disappointed.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026
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Kate sometimes sports looks that remind royal watchers of Diana's iconic style, which fashion director Bethan Holt of The Daily Telegraph previously told PEOPLE is on purpose.—
Janine Henni,
PEOPLE,
27 Apr. 2026
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This is a super-interesting profile by Tom Burrows on Paris Saint-Germain’s Matvey Safonov, the Russian ‘keeper who is seeing them through the second half of the season.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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Dortmund ‘keeper Gregor Kobel denied Cyriaque Irié a consolation goal.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
26 Apr. 2026
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Their Tibetan ancestry dates back thousands of years to when they were bred as an interior sentinel in the Buddhist monasteries.—
Katelyn Chef,
Martha Stewart,
12 Apr. 2026
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Precedent for this idea comes from Poland, where many cities already use freshwater mussels as living sentinels of water quality, wired with sensors that register when the animals clamp their shells shut in response to pollutants.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
31 Mar. 2026
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“Spotter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spotter. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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