overwatch
Americanverb
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to watch over
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archaic to fatigue with long watching or lack of sleep
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“American destroyers are on station, supported by hundreds of fighter jets, helicopters, drones, and surveillance aircraft, providing 24/7 overwatch for peaceful commercial vessels.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
There’s also more unseen security being deployed including cameras and overwatch by officers and federal agents than in decades past.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026
Before, during and after the mission, US Space Force Guardians of Delta 7 were providing overwatch.
From BBC • Jul. 16, 2025
“The breath of the person you are searching is upon you. While we have overwatch in place, we still have to touch the clothes of the person that’s coming in.”
From Washington Post • Aug. 27, 2021
But his great abstinence of all was from Sleep, and strange it was that one of such a Fleshly and sanguine composition, could overwatch so many heavy propense inclinations to Rest.
From Characters from 17th Century Histories and Chronicles by Various
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