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[woch] / wɒtʃ /






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It highlights 11 domains to watch right now, including chip design, cybersecurity, biology, finance, legal, quant trading, recursive self-improvement, hardware design, materials science, alignment and software engineering.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

While we watch shows like “The Diplomat” and “Black Doves” focusing on our country’s European allies, another global power deserves attention.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026

What may change is whether people watch it on their phone or their TV or, you know, through AI glasses, but the visual component is still stronger for everyone than anything else.

From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2026

That has not made it the most exciting season to watch, but it speaks volumes for the level at which Antonelli has performed.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

Somehow, out of his watch shop that never made money, he fed and dressed and cared for eleven more children after his own four were grown.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

The average Netflix subscriber watches about 9% less than three years ago, by Wells Fargo’s estimate, based on Netflix’s disclosures of viewing hours and the bank’s own subscriber estimates.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

Your delivery ticket leaves out the number your dealer watches, the way a menu leaves out what the restaurant paid for the lobster.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026

Two years later, enter Seyfried, who watches Fielder’s footage of Holmes watching Seyfried in “The Dropout” for the first time.

From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2026

She watches reality TV with her kids; joining them, he offers, “I did my thesis on reality. Is this show about Platonic or Aristotelian ideas?”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

She’s obsessed with sea life and watches YouTube videos about them all the time and Shark Week is better than Christmas for her.

From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell

As she watched the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. fight racial discrimination in the South, Bass witnessed whites abandoning the Fairfax District as Black families moved in.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026

It was in a vacant industrial building out in the country where cars parked the grass, kids played in a bounce castle, and their parents watched while taking advantage of a well-stocked open bar.

From Slate ● Nov. 2, 2026

"The first time was the night that we were told that Henry had died. And the second time was when we watched that video."

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

Meta shareholders, for example, have watched shares in what was once known as Facebook rise more than 1,500% since the IPO price of $38 in 2012.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

We watched the wagon out of sight, Dad high on the board, J.W. at his side.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

The harder task now is proving they will keep watching.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

"I was playing the piano while everyone else was watching rugby," he said.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

Senior Alana Carrillo got interested in the sport when she was 9 after watching a girl on YouTube play.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2026

You could not have stopped it falling by watching it on livestream, and you are not betraying your fellow humans by taking care of yourself instead of tree-watching 24/7.

From Slate ● Nov. 1, 2026

A page in an argyle vest and brown tweed pants stood by his cart, watching my every move.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu


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