sighted
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"Shortly before midnight, an unidentified flying object was sighted near Leipzig-Halle Airport, prompting the diversion of several aircraft -- including a passenger plane -- to other airports", they said in a statement.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
Shortly after noon on March 17, about 170 miles off the coast of Ecuador’s Galapagos Islands, crew members said they sighted a blue boat in the distance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2026
And basically, they integrated sighted children so they could be part of the community and help out.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2026
Petrou had no problem “passing” for sighted, as she put it, into her 30s: “I just lied a lot. I said everywhere I went, ‘I lost my contact lenses.’
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026
Occasionally I sighted a handful of scrawny cattle, goats and pigs grazing on stubbles of dry brush.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
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