spotter
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The surge of immigration detention flights at Minneapolis-Saint Paul airport spurred plane spotter Nick Benson to shift from tracking rare and unusual aircraft to cataloging the removal of detainees from Minnesota.
From Barron's ● Jan. 29, 2026
The macro and thematic equity research group founded by investor and trend spotter James van Geelen saw positive returns — up to 75% — on nearly all of their 2025 calls.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 18, 2025
He would be driving a spotter car mounted with plate readers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2025
He spent a lot of time as a "spotter", watching out for known trouble-makers, gathering operational intelligence, and helping to defuse potential flashpoints at football games.
From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2025
There was a spotter plane, looking for sharks from above.
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
But his instincts made him one of the surest spotters and nurturers of talent in pop history.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
Another low-tech solution used successfully in nearby Cape Town is to position spotters, akin to lifeguards, to look out for sharks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 2026
Thanks to the show-stop system, "we had safety spotters who were able to radio the tower, and we stopped the show", he says.
From BBC ● Mar. 21, 2026
Kane and her fellow spotters publish the locations of officers and raids underway in an effort to document arrests and de-escalate the encounters with their presence.
From Barron's ● Jan. 28, 2026
Him and the other fellow I could see riding east, but they’d need an army of fence spotters to patrol even one ranch.
From "Worth" by A. LaFaye
