keep watch
Example Sentences
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The authority said it had spent almost £60,000 on safety barriers, administration and paying for a security guard to keep watch over it.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
Investors should keep watch for the trade group’s pending home sales report, which measures contract signings, later this month.
From Barron's ● Apr. 12, 2026
Dozens of Wisconsinites volunteer each spring to keep watch against poachers as the sturgeon make their way upriver to spawn; thousands more come to watch.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026
Monroe coach Leo Hernandez said he got his position in 1999 because he could run with his athletes to keep watch over them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 11, 2025
With Nehemia gone, she still had to keep watch, but maybe she could attempt to have a little fun, too.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
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