sentry
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More Peshmerga are dotted around on the hilltops standing sentry – a low-tech early warning system for incoming drones.
From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2026
An outpost for 30 soldiers with a couple of sentry points and barracks will burn through about 13 gallons of fuel a day.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 25, 2025
Barcelona stretched out in every direction, a mosaic of old stone, glass and spire, Gaudí’s Sagrada Familia standing like an undone sentry among the rest.
From Salon ● Dec. 6, 2025
It acts as a kind of guardian, Govan mused, like the lions that traditionally sit sentry beside libraries and museums.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2025
“I hear the Welsh sentry outside. We can count the paces and can tell how far away he is. One, two, three, four—” They counted forty paces.
From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli
Immune cells act like vigilant sentries, moving through tissues and detecting remaining cancer cells that could lead to relapse.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 21, 2025
Men, dressed as Egyptian sentries, patrolled the roof of the theater, carrying rifles that were probably fake — but, given this was a Sid Grauman-staged event, you never know.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2023
Wing Commander Douglas Bader ranked as the greatest war hero in the prison and was met on arrival with salutes from German sentries.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 26, 2022
A worker addressing his crew lined up like sentries added drawings of the popular Olympics mascot Bing Dwen Dwen to the back of a suit.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 20, 2022
“What about those statues? The sentries? We could take a couple to help fight.”
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
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