Example Sentences

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Boris Bosnjakovic, who previously ran the Novak Tennis Centre, has been minding the ship since Ivanisevic left in March.

From BBC • Nov. 24, 2024

“If you use someone else’s surface water you’re going to court. But with groundwater, no one has been minding the shop.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2023

Take, for example, the verbally challenged Catarella, the cop shop’s male receptionist, who has been minding the murder victim’s cat at Montalbano’s expense and now has a question for him.

From Washington Post • Sep. 11, 2019

Cohen, who this week confirmed he was still a registered Democrat, has been minding the shop at Trump Tower in Manhattan as Donald jets around primary states.

From The Guardian • Apr. 15, 2016

Who, then, has been minding the business for her?'

From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 459 Volume 18, New Series, October 16, 1852 by Chambers, Robert