watchdog
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On Thursday, his name appeared on Russia's online register of "terrorists and extremists" -- a blacklist maintained by Russia's Rosfinmonitoring financial watchdog.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
However, the Office for Budget Responsibility, the official spending watchdog, made clear in the last budget that the digital ID scheme was itself "unfunded" , externalat that stage.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
“Consumers will interpret reclassification as FDA approval,” Adriane Fugh-Berman, a critic of the drug industry and director of a watchdog organization that studies pharmaceutical marketing, said Thursday at the meeting.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
Anthony Gutierrez, the executive director of Common Cause Texas, a nonpartisan government watchdog group, said the trend owes to a campaign finance system that rewards candidates with money or access to it.
From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2026
Kelton’s father is out in the garage making masculine metallic noises, and Kelton seems to be everywhere at once, like a watchdog obsessively checking that everything in his world is secure.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
But California regulators and consumer watchdogs disagree with AT&T on what constitutes a reliable replacement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
Ethics watchdogs expressed dismay this week over the deals.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 2026
While StubHub maintains that it strictly prohibits speculative ticketing on its platform, industry watchdogs and frustrated users widely believe the practice remains rampant.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
That decision drew criticism from some industry watchdogs and Fed governor Michael Barr, who preceded Bowman.
From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026
She tries to imagine the watchdogs that Hubert Bazin said lived here for centuries: dogs as big as horses.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
John Niles, a transportation consultant who has watchdogged the design since 2006, has come to believe it will work.
From Seattle Times ● May 11, 2017
A series of corruption scandals has rocked City Hall, and each candidate says they are the best choice to provide better oversight and watchdogging.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2022
During the past year, Giuliani stayed engaged in watchdogging the development of state regulations that will implement the new law.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 7, 2022
But Bonneville Power also faces more pressure - from those who pay the bills - to control and step up watchdogging of spending.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 23, 2019
Megadonors interested in watchdogging the media have instead gravitated to more cautious groups like Mr. Bozell’s Media Research Center.
From New York Times ● Dec. 7, 2017
"I undertake watchdogging in all its branches," said Clo.
From The Lion's Mouse by Williamson, A. M. (Alice Muriel)
