Example Sentences

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As finance and applied investments professors who study how businesses make decisions amid uncertainty, we have been watching this tension build.

From Salon • Jun. 1, 2026

LACMA’s staff was elated, especially those who have been watching the project develop for decades and absorbing the large amounts of criticism that have accompanied its manifestation.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

Investors have been watching the war in Iran with one eye on markets.

From Barron's • Mar. 6, 2026

Though mountaineers have been watching the Grossglockner case, they're not sure yet what effects it will have.

From BBC • Feb. 28, 2026

But I have been watching one particular black vessel in the harbor for several days now.

From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman