spotting

Example Sentences

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The Pentagon is testing a variety of technologies for spotting airborne objects from space, but military officials last year said that it might take until 2030 to field a working system.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 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

We may get better at spotting slopaganda, but in the process we also become more likely to mistake real things for fake things.

From Salon • May 24, 2026

The Special cocked her head toward Tally, calmly folded her arms, and frowned like a teacher spotting littlies playing where they shouldn’t.

From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld