sighting

Example Sentences

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With unseasonably warm weather and the start of an El Niño cycle, Cal State Long Beach Shark Lab Director Chris Lowe predicts this sighting is just the start of a “very sharky summer.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

My friend was shamed for reporting a coyote sighting in her desert neighborhood on Nextdoor and took the post down.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026

He is the No. 1 celebrity sighting at the Games.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 2026

If you’re more than five minutes away from a sighting, odds are you’ll be too late.

From Slate • Feb. 11, 2026

Candice’s schedule held up as they hiked through the neighborhood—not a single Milo sighting.

From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson