sentinel

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"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 Hollywood sign stands sentinel above Los Angeles, watching as embers dance through the January night like wayward stars.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 15, 2025

The church stood empty like a silent sentinel over a small cemetery next to it.

From Slate • Oct. 24, 2024

The great mountain abbey stands, a sentinel silhouette, in the distance.

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz