Example Sentences

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Instead, they act as digital lookouts who hunt for coveted vintage apartments that are otherwise hard to find without expertise.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

Passing sentence, Judge Peters KC told them that as drivers and lookouts, they were "part and parcel" of the conspiracy.

From BBC • Nov. 21, 2025

They had plate numbers and makes and models of cars, and sometimes even VINs; they had scouts and lookouts; they had canvassed businesses and compiled surveillance footage.

From Slate • Oct. 27, 2025

They were peering over their balconies, huddled at the top of lookouts or drinking coffee, eyes turned to the sky for a hint of color — any color.

From New York Times • May 18, 2024

The next day they were spotted by lookouts from a camp hidden among the sandy hills.

From "In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse" by Joseph Marshall III