espies

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A man who stops for gas a sign espies That says a dog out back has quite a knack.

From Washington Post • Sep. 3, 2020

Behind peppy songs like “Singin’ in the Rain”  and “Tiptoe Through the Tulips,” Mr. Mac espies a frantic need to forget those horrors.

From New York Times • Jan. 14, 2015

Then from his bed he 'soon' arose,45 And to his pallace gate he goes; Full little then this beggar knowes When she the king espies.

From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume IV by Various

If he espies a tempting morsel he drops like a stone, and alights on a spot almost exactly below him—a power which few birds seem to possess.

From Wild Life in a Southern County by Jefferies, Richard

The poet seated by a grave espies a skull.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various