watched over
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But an ingredient for encouraging development of outdoor kids becoming extinct: neighborhoods—the kinds where moms at home and older adults watched over the young ones.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026
Crumbling houses line the streets, watched over by a solitary clock tower.
From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026
The series has already been watched over 12.7 million times since its release on the streaming site on January 1, with only the final series of Stranger Things proving more popular.
From BBC • Jan. 8, 2026
A queue soon formed for a book of condolence - watched over by a black-and-white photo of Ozzy clutching a cross, which the museum hastily put up on Wednesday morning.
From BBC • Jul. 23, 2025
When they slept, guards and dogs watched over them in herds.
From "Grendel" by John Gardner
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