spotting

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Credit Lauri Myllyvirta of the nonprofit Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air for spotting this discrepancy and sleuthing out its cause.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

They found that the upcoming Cerenkov Telescope Array Observatory should be capable of spotting supernovae like SN 2017egm from distances up to about 500 million light-years away with roughly 50 hours of observation time.

From Science Daily • May 27, 2026

Victims alerted authorities after spotting her working openly as a hairdresser in an upscale neighborhood in central Damascus, where she posted photos of her hairstyles online.

From Slate • May 27, 2026

Anyone spotting someone in difficulty in the water is urged to:

From BBC • May 19, 2026

My talent for spotting hollows wasn’t much good without light to see them by.

From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs