keep watch

Example Sentences

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Some parents were unnerved enough to hire a private security company, JNS Protection Services, to keep watch in parts of North Philadelphia where their students walk to and from campus.

From New York Times

Members of Taliban forces keep watch at a check point in Kabul, Afghanistan August 17, 2021.

From Reuters

Taliban forces keep watch inside Kabul, Afghanistan August 16, 2021.

From Reuters

In Greek and Roman mythology, for example, the giant Argus Panoptes used his dozens of eyes to keep watch.

From Scientific American

On Wednesday, the pope sat in the front seat of a Ford Focus as it arrived outside the Vatican walls, where he greeted the soldiers who keep watch and the police officers who had escorted him from the hospital, before getting back into the car.

From New York Times