vigilant

Example Sentences

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A woman is urging others to be vigilant after scammers posing as police officers and bank staff drained her bank accounts, taking roughly £11,000 in four hours.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

Booking.com told the BBC guests should remain vigilant to potential phishing attacks.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

Officials have recommended people stay vigilant and have an emergency plan in case of a snake bite, including knowing their location, trail names and GPS coordinates.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026

Mostly, he insisted, the unhoused neighbors were vigilant stewards, and helped with sweeping and trash pickup and the like; “99 percent of the time it was working great,” he said.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

By that point, nearly every effort to send a US agent behind the Iron Curtain had failed; the KGB was simply too well entrenched and too vigilant for the Americans to sneak past its nets.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau