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keep watch over



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Officials said staffing levels mean park officials often rely on the public to also keep watch over resources within park boundaries.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 13, 2024

The Israeli police keep watch over the site where hundreds of vehicles, some burned, remain.

From Washington Times • Dec. 28, 2023

The Border Patrol has stationed field agents nearby to keep watch over the camp, and migrants say authorities have told them to wait there for transfer to an official processing facility.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 28, 2023

Chimps and elephants, for example, display mortuary behavior when they keep watch over a dead body or physically interact with it expecting it to come back to life.

From National Geographic • Jun. 5, 2023

So he’d given the house to Rahim Khan to keep watch over until that day.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini




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