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Caldor fire spokesman Jason Hunter said the fire had been spotting — or generating wind-blown sparks, which can create new fires — at half-mile distances in recent days.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 31, 2021

Our gunners had most of the enemy positions covered, as our aeroplanes had been spotting them.

From Into the Jaws of Death by O'Brien, Jack

"Safe from a direct hit by five-point-nines," said the observation officer, a regular promoted from the ranks who had been "spotting" shells since the war began.

From My Second Year of the War by Palmer, Frederick