on-the-scene
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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What cemented his place there was half happenstance: his no-nonsense, on-the-scene reportage of the 1996 bombing at the Atlanta Olympics, which occurred while he was filling in at “SportsCenter.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 9, 2025
But Mr. Lapierre often said he preferred on-the-scene reporting rather than looking back as a historian.
From Washington Post • Dec. 6, 2022
MacNeil had been a veteran journalist with the BBC; during an earlier stint with NBC News he provided on-the-scene reporting of the assassination of President Kennedy in Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2020
It’s harder to quantify differences in mask usage, but on-the-scene reports have documented widespread mask-free socializing and shopping in places like Georgia, Texas, and Orange County, California that are currently seeing case increases.
From Slate • Jun. 15, 2020
Throughout the week he appears regularly on Channel 2's 6 o'clock news as an on-the-scene reporter, and each Saturday and Sunday he co-anchors both the 6 o'clock and the 11 o'clock evening news.
From 100 New Yorkers of the 1970s by Millard, Max
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