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View definitions for watch over

watch over

verb as in chaperon

verb as in cover

verb as in cradle

verb as in safeguard

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Erroll Southers confirmed his plans to resign through a spokesperson on Friday, ending a stormy two-year tenure on the influential civilian panel that watches over the LAPD.

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Beyond that, rain is falling above a mountain, and even farther back two snow-capped peaks sit majestically, as if watching over the land.

They also don’t necessarily have to say who is watching over the money, a lack of transparency that has caught the eye of industry regulators and rating firms and some insurers’ executives themselves.

Over the weekend, a federal judge issued a temporary restraining order requiring immigration officials to remove the guards watching over Bayron Rovidio Marin, take off the handcuffs and leave him unrestrained.

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Black-clad protesters — watched over by local television reporters and some independent media — played cat and mouse with the officers, stepping toward the building only to be repelled by rounds of pepper balls.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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