spotting

Example Sentences

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Thermal imaging gave him a huge advantage for spotting the cats, but otherwise he relied on hard-won experience.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

They found that the upcoming Cerenkov Telescope Array Observatory should be capable of spotting supernovae like SN 2017egm from distances up to about 500 million light-years away with roughly 50 hours of observation time.

From Science Daily • May 27, 2026

Victims alerted authorities after spotting her working openly as a hairdresser in an upscale neighborhood in central Damascus, where she posted photos of her hairstyles online.

From Slate • May 27, 2026

Anyone spotting someone in difficulty in the water is urged to:

From BBC • May 19, 2026

Then, four and a half months after baby Joseph was born, Henrietta went to the bathroom and found blood spotting her underwear when it wasn’t her time of the month.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot