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spotter

[spot-er] / ˈspɒt ər /
NOUN
detector
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Chuckling, he points at his rival spotter: "But I beat him by a second."

From BBC Aug. 8, 2026

Looking down at her chief executive, who was stationed nearby as a spotter, she called out: “Josep Maria, don’t let me fall!”

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 14, 2026

The surge of immigration detention flights at Minneapolis-Saint Paul airport spurred plane spotter Nick Benson to shift from tracking rare and unusual aircraft to cataloging the removal of detainees from Minnesota.

From Barron's Jan. 29, 2026

The macro and thematic equity research group founded by investor and trend spotter James van Geelen saw positive returns — up to 75% — on nearly all of their 2025 calls.

From MarketWatch Dec. 18, 2025

She’s an aerialist and she got the straight scoop from a good authority—her spotter heard Uncle Al and the advance man exchanging heated words outside the big top.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen

Moon spotters were passing their skills to the next generation as Muslims waited for a sighting of the new moon to celebrate Eid.

From BBC Mar. 20, 2026

“I’d see a convoy of 20 or 30 SUVs and spotters, cellphone in hand, ready to give the alarm.”

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 19, 2026

Kane and her fellow spotters publish the locations of officers and raids underway in an effort to document arrests and de-escalate the encounters with their presence.

From Barron's Jan. 28, 2026

Ok was especially alarmed to see forklifts, which are responsible for a significant number of construction deaths, speeding around, often unaided by required spotters.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 12, 2025

Him and the other fellow I could see riding east, but they’d need an army of fence spotters to patrol even one ranch.

From "Worth" by A. LaFaye




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