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be watchful

VERB

watch

Synonyms

STRONGEST

attend guard protect take care of wait

STRONG

mind oversee patrol police superintend tend watch over

WEAK

be on alert be on the lookout be vigilant be wary care for keep an eye on keep eyes open keep eyes peeled keep watch over look after look out pick up on ride shotgun for take heed

Antonyms

STRONGEST

ignore neglect

WEAK

harm hurt overlook pass by

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Jordi Serra-Cobo warns that "the results should serve to take preventive measures and be watchful against possible transmission of the hepatitis E virus from wild boars to the citizens of the Barcelona metropolitan area."

From Science Daily • Nov. 26, 2024

"It has jumped into mammals. We still need to be watchful that if it does make that jump what happens to the virus and can it make it more able to jump into humans?"

From BBC • Oct. 19, 2023

Parents also received messages from school principals last week indicating that all was well to that point, but that everyone should be watchful for potential threats.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2023

Some varieties to be watchful of outside include dracaenas, aglaonemas and alocasias, writes Tarte.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 21, 2023

For the first few months in the White House, I felt the need to be watchful over everything.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

be watchful

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