spotter
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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
He would be driving a spotter car mounted with plate readers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2025
Plane spotter Kevin Ray, who created the YouTube channel where the video was posted, can be heard exclaiming with surprise.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 29, 2024
Sure enough, there was the spotter plane that we’d all talked about in Vern’s study, the one that was going to locate the sharks for the fisherman to tag.
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
Another low-tech solution used successfully in nearby Cape Town is to position spotters, akin to lifeguards, to look out for sharks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 2026
They rarely lose stray balls because spotters or fans always find them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 5, 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
Now there’s spotters to make sure no hawks are nearby.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2025
On the roofs of the ambulances were spotters with binoculars.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
