stake out

Certain members agreed to stake out high-traffic locations during their lunch breaks, or if they were working remotely.

Walking through the artist’s compound of Chicago’s Riot Fest early on a cloudy Saturday afternoon, dozens of artists, music industry professionals, and other VIPs are leaving their backstage trailers to head over to the main stage, hoping to stake out a good spot to watch the next noteworthy band on the bill.

But to stake out an admittedly outrageous devil’s-advocate position, at least it would have been honest.

The court was told then defendants continued to make claims about Ms Wandelt's identity, of the McCanns' involvement in their daughter's disappearance - including in a WhatsApp group that Mrs McCann's number was added to - and made further plans to visit in February and "stake out" the following year's annual vigil and harass the couple.

I use these terms—extraneous, germane, regular order—for the purposes of persuading Democratic elites that they should stake out different grounds for fighting, not because I think Democrats themselves should use those terms on the hustings.