Example Sentences

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Authorities in Malta and Italy have been monitoring the passage of the wreck, amid pollution fears.

From Barron's • Mar. 15, 2026

Executives made many points: That they have been monitoring AI risk for some time.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

The BBC has seen photographs and a video taken by two patients, Naomi and Harriet, which they said show three members of staff asleep during times when they should have been monitoring them.

From BBC • Sep. 28, 2025

"I along with students and colleagues have been monitoring a winter hibernating colony of tricolored bats in an abandoned tunnel in upstate South Carolina since the winter of 2013-14," Loeb said.

From Salon • Jul. 30, 2024

That no one would have been monitoring the dusty dome where we talked.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins