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
Towards the front of the train, her father, John, acted as a spotter, giving Edwards a brief warning of upcoming photo opportunities.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2024
She’s an aerialist and she got the straight scoop from a good authority—her spotter heard Uncle Al and the advance man exchanging heated words outside the big top.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
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
The nonprofit group’s pilots, spotters and other volunteers began regularly searching the Florida Straits by plane for other rafters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 24, 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
Now there’s spotters to make sure no hawks are nearby.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2025
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
