sentry
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The former is heralded with a blast of horns; the latter guards its inner sanctum behind Tobie Windham’s officious sentry.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
As a stopgap, the VA brought on a private security firm in June to provide uniformed 24-hour “observe and report” sentry posts and roving patrols.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
More Peshmerga are dotted around on the hilltops standing sentry – a low-tech early warning system for incoming drones.
From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2026
An outpost for 30 soldiers with a couple of sentry points and barracks will burn through about 13 gallons of fuel a day.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 25, 2025
There followed another period of waiting while the sentry passed again on the wall.
From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli
Immune cells act like vigilant sentries, moving through tissues and detecting remaining cancer cells that could lead to relapse.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 21, 2025
For the fight scene between the Guardians and OrgoCorp sentries as they attempt to leave with the pass key, practical wire work was mixed with CG action.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2023
Wing Commander Douglas Bader ranked as the greatest war hero in the prison and was met on arrival with salutes from German sentries.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 26, 2022
It is the difference between planting sentries at the gates to bar intruders and trying to oust them after they had already stormed the castle.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 2, 2022
See if your store gets many customers with these sentries outside.”
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
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