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observer

[uhb-zur-ver] / əbˈzɜr vər /


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Doyle, who was a doctor himself, had been one of Bell’s students, serving as the clerk responsible for choosing patients for object lessons, giving the future author ample time to observe the observer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Saturday's itinerary varies widely depending on the location, from a music festival in Los Angeles and a march to the Supreme Court in Washington, to family-friendly workshops in Chicago and election observer training in Atlanta.

From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026

If the Catalan was a neutral observer, he would have relished a game of glorious chaos, the first half embellished by PSG before City mounted superb momentum after the break.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

If you want to find an observer singing from the same hymn sheet, sooner or later you will hit pay dirt.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026

Working independently, they both revisit the work of Robert Hooke, the microscope observer who came up with the name cell in 1665.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman

But it was slower than some peers to reinvest in expanding its business and cut lawyers when the bankruptcy work dried up, according to legal industry observers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

Dr. Yanina Benedetti of the Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, another member of the research team, said the discovery challenged her expectations about how birds respond to human observers.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2026

He and 12 other House members successfully sued the Trump administration after he was blocked from entering a detention facility and has said he trained legal observers to document ICE abuses.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

Many observers criticised the format of the debate, which was described as chaotic at times, with each of the candidates pacing around the TV studio as the other was speaking.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

When the elections were finally held, and certified by outside observers that included former President Jimmy Carter, Farmer was in Port-au-Prince.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French


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