spotted

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It is understood that the women were first spotted at Brighton Palace Pier before drifting towards Brighton Marina.

From BBC • May 20, 2026

It was spotted at the same place again in 2013.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

Twenty-two years later, in September 2025, the same whale was spotted alone in Hervey Bay, Australia.

From Science Daily • May 20, 2026

One and possibly two more whales were spotted, all also revealed on Rhodes’s laptop by the thermal images of their breath.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

In the morning, they passed meadows spotted with purple and red flowers; he saw a group of human-sized creatures, their skin mottled like bark, dancing to a song he could not hear.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell