spotted

Example Sentences

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The whole matter only arose after a junior member of staff was spotted secretly watching Middlesbrough at their training ground.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

A familiar bounty hunter from “The Clone Wars” animated series has also been spotted in the trailers for “The Mandalorian and Grogu.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

Twenty-two years later, in September 2025, the same whale was spotted alone in Hervey Bay, Australia.

From Science Daily • May 20, 2026

Nearly a quarter of a century later, in 2025, it was spotted in Hervey Bay -- a distance of 15,100 km.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

But the human workers had spotted him, and apparently, they’d gotten a good enough look to see that Clare was no normal fox.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman