on sight
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When the trees of the Singer Tract were at last clear-cut beginning in 1937, however, the wolves it had harbored were shot on sight, as they were when the leases of other refuges expired.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
The school may use the dashboard to identify rule-breakers in the future, but for now, teachers and staff are simply confiscating phones on sight, he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 31, 2025
"Operators do a lot of caramel testing, just on sight and on feel. So basically, they walk up to the caramel and just give it a squeeze."
From BBC ● Dec. 18, 2025
Maybe it's because after "Not Like Us" dropped, Drake's decades-long rap career was effectively considered dead on sight.
From Salon ● Dec. 28, 2024
Jasper trailed about the hall with his tail between his legs, and nipped every workman on sight.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
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