sighter
Britishnoun
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Ceri Holland had Wales' first sighter, a header from Rhiannon Roberts' cross which looped over the bar, before the Liverpool midfielder's alertness almost brought the opening goal.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2022
Gianluigi Donnarumma made a couple of good saves to keep them level before Insigne cut inside and curled just wide - just a sighter for things to come.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2021
Root’s happy to pad most away from around and gets a single to give Bairstow an early sighter, too.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 26, 2015
In US gridiron they wheel on dead-eyed kickers all the time, none of whom are permitted a sighter.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 1, 2011
Haines set up one of the launching racks, which was equipped with a telescopic sighter, and peered through the eyepiece.
From The Secret of the Ninth Planet by Donald Allen Wollheim
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