watchdog

Example Sentences

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Last year, shortly after the fire happened, Hong Kong's anti-graft watchdog had arrested two directors of the development's structural engineering consultancy Will Power Architects.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

The anti-graft watchdog had also separately arrested 23 people, including consultants, contractors and members of the owners' corporation of the complex.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

The European Commission, the EU's digital watchdog, said Meta will have to maintain access to competitors until Brussels wraps up its probe.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

It just so happens that the watchdog overseeing the largest single item in the federal budget, the inspector general of Social Security, has just submitted its latest report to Congress.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026

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 "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen