observe
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"Nasa will continue to track the booster for training purposes, as well as later observe the impact site for scientific purposes."
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
He said Monday that he had invited Trout to observe the team’s war room ahead of the trade deadline.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
They observe that the sector outperformed for most of July before weakening late in the month and finishing in line with the S&P/ASX 200 benchmark index.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Under a blazing sun, clad in black and clutching portraits of their slain leader Ali Khamenei, Iranian pilgrims streamed across the border into Iraq to observe the Arbaeen, the most revered event in Shia Islam.
From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026
“That’s all very well,” said Doli, whose curiosity had got the better of him, and who had come to observe the operation.
From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander
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Demand is so strong right now, Baker observes that AI companies will be very reluctant to renegotiate terms with the chip makers because the latter can so easily find other buyers any time they like.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
He observes that since 2023, just after the original launch of ChatGPT, unemployment has increased most notably in those industries that are exposed to AI.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026
A standoff ensued in which, as Mr. O’Connell observes, both sides were “spooked by the situation.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
“If Trump’s public pronouncements are his own personal property, he can sell information about them or do whatever he likes with them,” observes business law expert Ann Lipton of the University of Colorado.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
“It’s not a bat. It’s a black butterfly,” Mundín observes, leaping up to catch it.
From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez
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The effects were relatively small and were observed under controlled conditions.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 5, 2026
One of the world’s largest buyers of compute observed:
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
Gill's agent Mel Kenyon said his work had a "rare emotional delicacy" that was "beautifully observed and finely tuned".
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
I’m not sure that the novel’s carefully observed coming-of-age tale completely syncs with Jeon-Gi’s freakish behavioral ruptures.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
Of course, the wretched Secrets Act forbids me from inquiring about what I observed, so I’ll have to puzzle it out on my own.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
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Amateur astronomers observing in darkness would also have had little realistic chance of seeing the flash, given that it would have lasted a fraction of a second.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
An armed man observing security operations at President Trump’s golf course outside Los Angeles was arrested Sunday days before the president was set to travel there, authorities said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
"We are already observing individuals exploiting the new Google Earth web tool to make military positions, relabel buildings as schools, and experiment with manipulating the information environment," the group wrote on X.
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
Swift's primary mission lasted from 2004 to 2006, but the spacecraft has continued observing the changing universe for more than 20 years.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 28, 2026
He was to travel on the Beagle—not as a “finished Naturalist,” but as a scientist-in-training “amply qualified for collecting, observing and noting any thing worthy to be noted in Natural History.”
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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