watchdog

Example Sentences

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The watchdog said that the gap between councils' predicted spending and the funding and income they receive was £529m - down from £647m in the previous year.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

Ekaterina Mizulina, the head of Russia's state-sponsored internet censorship watchdog, said in December she had received "63,000 emails" from disgruntled schoolchildren and parents commenting on the ban.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

As promo spots showing the combatants in fight mode fill the airwaves, the Public Integrity Project watchdog group has filed a lawsuit trying to derail the event.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

Britain's competition watchdog said Thursday that it had opened an investigation into Irish carrier Ryanair over fees that parents must pay to sit with their children.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

But I didn’t relish the idea of spending my life as their watchdog.

From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs