watched over

Example Sentences

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Activity in the southern corridor, approved by the United Nations’ maritime agency and watched over by the U.S. military, has helped transits return to about a third of their prewar levels.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 7, 2026

But an ingredient for encouraging development of outdoor kids becoming extinct: neighborhoods—the kinds where moms at home and older adults watched over the young ones.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

County incarcerates about 13,000 people — including roughly 1,500 women — throughout its network of jails watched over by sheriff’s deputies.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 15, 2025

In a cobbler's workshop in Los Angeles, the footprints of Hollywood history are stacked floor to ceiling, watched over by a man who says his profession is dying.

From Barron's • Oct. 26, 2025

For their part, the Old Ones watched over the living members of the family, for one’s obligations to the family did not stop with death.

From "Dragonwings" by Laurence Yep