watchman
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Dick ordered Edward and Glenn Juenke, the night watchman, to begin evacuating Bug House and two other cabins by the river.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 18, 2026
They had also planted a watchman in the bank, Patrick Shevlin.
From Slate ● Dec. 28, 2023
It was while working as a night watchman on a dive boat that Reginald was encouraged to venture into the water.
From BBC ● Dec. 9, 2023
George Zimmerman, a self-appointed neighborhood watchman who thought Martin looked suspicious, was acquitted after a trial in which his attorneys essentially used the law as a defense.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 18, 2023
Back in the hotel, the night watchman was sitting on a bench inside the door.
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
A union representing 250 watchmen voted to authorize a strike at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach that could begin as soon as Sunday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
It was those watchmen who came to the boathouse to report that they’d spotted a man in a waterproof jacket drag the Zodiac up the embankment.
From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2025
For much of the next 12 years, soldiers and local watchmen patrolled the streets to ensure that shops remained open and penalize anyone they saw engaging in the usual festive excess.
From Salon ● Dec. 24, 2024
Some people had their own fire buckets - and those who could afford it paid insurance companies with watchmen to raise the alarm and crews to put out the fires.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2024
As Werfel emerged from the sphere, feeling dizzy and a little sick to his stomach, the Foreign Secretary was already talking to the watchmen at the gate.
From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin
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