sentinel
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The steely husks stood sentinel over unfathomable loss for weeks or months until they were towed away and sold as scrap.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2026
"When you only have a handful of species that can persist in environments like that, and they're really sensitive to change, those serve as really good sentinel taxa," Adams said.
From Science Daily • Jan. 10, 2026
Ahead of our return to the city, we drive back up the ridge, back through Burguete, the inn still shuttered, and up to Roncesvalles, where the old monastery looms like a sentinel over the pass.
From Salon • Nov. 8, 2025
The church stood empty like a silent sentinel over a small cemetery next to it.
From Slate • Oct. 24, 2024
The nearest thing to an exception is the dog, originally domesticated as a sentinel and hunting companion, but breeds of dogs were developed and raised for food in Aztec Mexico, Polynesia, and ancient China.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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