spotted

Example Sentences

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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

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

From Science Daily • May 20, 2026

Nedoune, a Tuareg herder in his fifties, said he was fetching water two years ago in the northern Timbuktu region when a convoy spotted him.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

Minutes later, she spotted the telltale puff of water ahead, not far from Alcatraz.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

I asked, and then the clock I’d spotted mounted to the ship clicked to 7:55, and I turned as the buzz of low-flying airplanes hit my ears.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin