locater

Example Sentences

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Blake cut off his electronic locater bracelet, telling reporters he was broke in the colorful jargon once made him a valued guest on TV talk shows.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2023

Lou Sanson, the director-general of the Department of Conservation, told Radio New Zealand that Morgan managed to activate a locater beacon after about 30 minutes and then managed to free herself after another 20 minutes.

From Fox News • Oct. 30, 2018

A locater box tells viewers where an event or newsmaker is.

From Washington Post • Jul. 31, 2018

"It is not unusual for the underwater locater beacons, or pingers, to have been knocked off the black boxes during the crash."

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2016

She—SHE who would be the laughing-stock of them all—she had thought him a "locater," a "towny" from 'Frisco!

From Openings in the Old Trail by Harte, Bret