espies

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A man who stops for gas a sign espies That says a dog out back has quite a knack.

From Washington Post • Sep. 3, 2020

Behind peppy songs like “Singin’ in the Rain”  and “Tiptoe Through the Tulips,” Mr. Mac espies a frantic need to forget those horrors.

From New York Times • Jan. 14, 2015

When darkness has fallen, out comes the ghost and prowling about espies the heap of yams and taro.

From The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia by Frazer, James George, Sir

Lato hurries on to overtake his friend, whom he espies striding towards the park gate.

From 'O Thou, My Austria!' by Schubin, Ossip

Fierce Volscens raves with anger, nor espies The wielder of the weapon, nor which way To rush, aflame with fury.

From The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor by Taylor, Edward Fairfax