watchdog
Example Sentences
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In its role as the EU's digital watchdog, the Commission has already conducted intense investigations into major social media platforms, using the Digital Services act, aimed at enforcing stricter child safety rules.
From BBC • May 12, 2026
Police officials announced the move Tuesday as the department’s civilian watchdog requested a review of behavior by all gang enforcement units citywide.
From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026
Britain’s government has since been spending more than one million pounds, equivalent to roughly $1.4 million, a day keeping the site going, according to the U.K.’s independent government-spending watchdog.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026
Graduation rates, meanwhile, continue to rise—even as dozens of the city’s schools have failed to educate a single student to grade-level proficiency, according to the watchdog group Wirepoints.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
“Who care for house? No rent, my people no eat. So I stay. Like a watchdog with family away. Ten years now, I am watching. Ten years, without my Nonnie.”
From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord
