shadowing
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She was still shadowing a more senior member of staff when the choking incident occurred.
From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2026
Instead of shadowing wolves, ravens repeatedly returned to specific areas where kills were more common.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 19, 2026
After squeezing in the back of too many cabs, he began shadowing Hassabis at home and filming his “second day” between 10 p.m. and 4 a.m.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 17, 2026
That includes shadowing Chinese coastguard ships and responding to suspicious vessels lingering near Taiwan's subsea telecoms cables.
From Barron's ● Nov. 11, 2025
After a quick shower I hurried to the kitchen, Fig shadowing my lead.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
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