watchdog

Example Sentences

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Australia’s consumer watchdog is alleging that Amazon relied on unfair contract terms to introduce advertising to more than 850,000 local streaming customers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 1, 2026

The watchdog added: "There's also an indication one of the officers may have breached the standard relating to authority, respect and courtesy, for appearing to dismiss Henry saying he had been stabbed."

From BBC • Jul. 1, 2026

Press freedom watchdog Reporters Without Borders, which had a representative in court, wrote on social media that the trial "revives hope that justice will finally be served for a crime perpetrated nearly nine years ago".

From Barron's • Jul. 1, 2026

Iran however said this week it had no intention of admitting the watchdog.

From Barron's • Jun. 26, 2026

But I didn’t relish the idea of spending my life as their watchdog.

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