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About 15 years ago I was shadowing a local journalist on Peru’s northern coast who was reporting on a group of 20 Chinese nationals local police found lost in the nearby desert.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 15, 2022

His beloved Golden State Warriors were on TV, he had called for a post-workout pizza, and his golden retriever Leo was shadowing him step for step.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2016

In Beal’s case, that meant ignoring the fact that San Antonio’s Kawhi Leonard, the league’s reigning defensive player of the year, was shadowing him for most of the night.

From Washington Post • Nov. 5, 2015

This time last year Lindo was shadowing a judge at the Old Bailey, having been the first in his family to go to university to read law at Queen Mary's College, London, Judge Worsley said.

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2015

Kilgore Trout was shadowing him, keen to know what Billy had suspected or seen.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut