shadowing

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All new employees get four days of training and then an additional week of shadowing other employees on the floor before they start selling.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

Instead of shadowing wolves, ravens repeatedly returned to specific areas where kills were more common.

From Science Daily • Mar. 19, 2026

The documentary team immersed itself in the 2022 McDonald’s All-American Games, shadowing two boys and two girls throughout the weekend.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026

That includes shadowing Chinese coastguard ships and responding to suspicious vessels lingering near Taiwan's subsea telecoms cables.

From Barron's • Nov. 11, 2025

Its leaves harvest sunlight to photosynthesize, so trees compete by shadowing their neighbors.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan