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lookout

[look-out] / ˈlʊkˌaʊt /


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A prior warning by the Treasury Department directed banks to be on the lookout for employers that may be committing payroll fraud by employing undocumented immigrants.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 13, 2026

Nobody - not the police, not his family, not a single witness - had ever accused him of being the lookout, prosecutor John Price KC told the jury.

From BBC Jul. 10, 2026

But with Dodger Stadium, the marine layer angle jumped out at me because I’m always on the lookout for relatable ways to tell the climate change story.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 18, 2026

Jarvis and Sir Keir are also on the lookout for a new armed forces minister, after the bizarre resignation of Al Carns.

From BBC Jun. 12, 2026

The lookout had never seen the colors before.

From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham

Instead, they act as digital lookouts who hunt for coveted vintage apartments that are otherwise hard to find without expertise.

From Los Angeles Times May 21, 2026

They had plate numbers and makes and models of cars, and sometimes even VINs; they had scouts and lookouts; they had canvassed businesses and compiled surveillance footage.

From Slate Oct. 27, 2025

Britain's marine safety body has called for a "radical rethink" over the use of ship lookouts "in the digital age" following a fatal collision in the North Sea and three other incidents.

From BBC Aug. 31, 2025

Many of the original panoramas were taken from fire lookouts — in some cases on the roofs.

From Seattle Times Dec. 1, 2023

A nearby barn'd be found, lookouts posted for gavvas if we couldn't pay 'em off, an' my dad'd challenge all comers.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell




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