watchdog

Example Sentences

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He quit his normal watchdog duties—he’d always been a good barker if somebody drove up—and took to sitting in the yard, staring at the house.

From Literature

The data protection watchdog said it "carefully examined the full circumstances of the incident," including the actions taken by TfL to notify victims.

From BBC

The EU started investigating the policy in December after Italy’s competition watchdog launched its own probe, which is still going on.

From The Wall Street Journal

The UK data watchdog is writing to Meta following a "concerning" report claiming outsourced workers were able to view sensitive content filmed by the company's AI smart glasses.

From BBC

This exposes a "significant weakness in a widely used system for verifying the authenticity of images," the watchdog said.

From Barron's