Example Sentences

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Internet monitor Netblocks noted that, as connectivity was restored, there were signs of "more extensive filtering" than it had observed during January's crackdown.

From BBC • May 27, 2026

The group said its fighters had "observed the infiltration of four Israeli enemy army helicopters from the Syrian direction".

From Barron's • Mar. 7, 2026

In August, Waste Management, the landfill’s owner and operator, acknowledged there was a two-acre “area of concern” where landfill staff had observed temperatures climbing above 200 degrees.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 19, 2025

When the participants tried to end a conversation, researchers had the companion either reply with the same manipulative farewells they had observed popular AI companions use or, in the control condition, say goodbye.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025

In this cozy micro-world she forgot her hunger and recalled what she already knew about wolves so that she could put it together with what she had observed.

From "Julie of the Wolves" by Jean Craighead George