sentry
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In August 2024, Banksy painted piranha fish on a City of London Police sentry box.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
An outpost for 30 soldiers with a couple of sentry points and barracks will burn through about 13 gallons of fuel a day.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 25, 2025
Barcelona stretched out in every direction, a mosaic of old stone, glass and spire, Gaudí’s Sagrada Familia standing like an undone sentry among the rest.
From Salon ● Dec. 6, 2025
It acts as a kind of guardian, Govan mused, like the lions that traditionally sit sentry beside libraries and museums.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2025
The lone sentry, a young impressor with red hair, sat on one of the carts at the edge of the clearing, leaning against the sideboard for support.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
Immune cells act like vigilant sentries, moving through tissues and detecting remaining cancer cells that could lead to relapse.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 21, 2025
For the fight scene between the Guardians and OrgoCorp sentries as they attempt to leave with the pass key, practical wire work was mixed with CG action.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2023
Wing Commander Douglas Bader ranked as the greatest war hero in the prison and was met on arrival with salutes from German sentries.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 26, 2022
But instead of leaving the area, alone or with friends, so many stuck around, posted just a block or two away like sentries, like they were still waiting for something to happen.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 24, 2022
Woundwort told Campion to post sentries and keep a patrol round about, while Vervain and Groundsel tackled the blocked holes.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
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