- present participle of sight.
sighting
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"I would stare at her for hours because I was so enamoured by her," a woman said after sighting the shark on her third attempt.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
And while the report said the unnamed person making the report was “fairly reliable” due to his association with “military jet aircraft activities,” local astronomers said that Jupiter could possibly explain the sighting.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
On Sunday, Environment Minister Joao Paulo Capobianco flew over the affected areas, sighting hundreds of fires in the middle of the protected forest.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
On Sept. 16, Huntington Beach Fire Department Marine Safety lifeguards were notified of a sea turtle sighting near Seal Beach.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
The last sighting of Anna and Bryan together that the investigators heard about had been at approximately 3:00 a.m.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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