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Recent Examples of watchdog
Between June 2023 and 2024, hate incidents against LGBTQ people more than doubled over the prior year, according to data collected by GLAAD, an LGBTQ media watchdog and advocacy nonprofit.
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Odette Yousef, NPR, 20 Dec. 2024
The consumer watchdog announced Wednesday that some credit card companies operating rewards programs may be breaking the law by illegally devaluing earned rewards points and airline miles, or preventing cardholders from earning or redeeming rewards.
—Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 19 Dec. 2024
Moreover, the watchdog group requested calendar records for the USAID officials, documents show.
—Gabe Kaminsky, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 17 Dec. 2024
The watchdog report showed that there were no undercover FBI employees at the riot, but there were FBI informants, people outside the bureau who give critical information to agents and are sometimes compensated for their information and expenses, at the scene.
—Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 14 Dec. 2024
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Odette Yousef, NPR, 20 Dec. 2024
The consumer watchdog announced Wednesday that some credit card companies operating rewards programs may be breaking the law by illegally devaluing earned rewards points and airline miles, or preventing cardholders from earning or redeeming rewards.
—Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 19 Dec. 2024
Moreover, the watchdog group requested calendar records for the USAID officials, documents show.
—Gabe Kaminsky, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 17 Dec. 2024
The watchdog report showed that there were no undercover FBI employees at the riot, but there were FBI informants, people outside the bureau who give critical information to agents and are sometimes compensated for their information and expenses, at the scene.
—Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 14 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for watchdog
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Law enforcement can track patterns and increase patrols in areas with frequent incidents.Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report, Fox News, 14 Dec. 2024
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His plan was nearly foiled by Canadian border patrol agents who were suspicious of his not having a driver's license, which had been ditched in his wallet in the lake.David K. Li, NBC News, 12 Dec. 2024
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The film tells the story of a young apprentice hunter and her father who journey to Ireland to help wipe out the last wolf pack.Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
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These first observations triggered a flurry of pest control activity to hunt the hunters.Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Dec. 2024
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Next year will be another one of dazzling sky shows and offer opportunities for forging deeper connections with astronomy, said Vanessa Alarcon, an astronomical observer at Griffith Observatory.Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024
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Richemont will also have the right to nominate a member and an observer to the Mytheresa board following the close of the deal, which is set for the first half of 2025.Samantha Conti, WWD, 16 Dec. 2024
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And that would include bringing both their dogs—Holland’s new Doberman puppy and Zendaya’s miniature schnauzer Noon.Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 18 Dec. 2024
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The puppies, meanwhile, are doing well, according to Fleischmann.Bailey Richards, People.com, 17 Dec. 2024
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Caleb Limpert, Rockvale High: The senior is passionate about FFA and agriculture, serving as the chapter president and regional sentinel.Andy Humbles, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
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Terrified of outside pressures, the framers of the U.S. Constitution worked in strict privacy, boarding up the windows of Independence Hall and stationing armed sentinels at the door.James D’Angelo, Foreign Affairs, 16 Apr. 2019
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About a quarter-mile down the road, two soaring launch towers – one for each launch pad – sit sentry on SpaceX’s launch site as workers mill around.Rick Jervis, USA TODAY, 18 Dec. 2024
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The treatment involves isolating a patient’s T cells—the sentries of the immune system that strike invaders—and engineering them in a lab to destroy blood cells called B cells that have become cancerous.ByJennifer Couzin-Frankel, science.org, 14 Nov. 2024
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Babe is the heartwarming story of an adorable piglet who aspires to be a sheepdog—much to the delight of Arthur Hoggett (James Cromwell, who received an Oscar nod for the role), a farmer and Babe’s caretaker.Jennifer M. Wood, WIRED, 29 Oct. 2024
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The figurine could also represent an ancestor of the Icelandic sheepdog, a type of Nordic Spitz dog.Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Sep. 2024
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In 2014, her sister was appointed her permanent legal guardian.Andrew Walsh, EW.com, 22 Dec. 2024
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According to The Root, earlier this week, Kevin Hunter filed a Grievance Committee complaint against Morrisey alleging that Morrissey has been purporting herself to be his ex-wife’s legal guardian but has also allegedly been practicing law in the state of New Jersey without having a license.DeMicia Inman, VIBE.com, 20 Dec. 2024
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“Watchdog.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/watchdog. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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