watch over
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If the outbreak continues to spread, he expects to hire more employees to keep watch over the herds.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
“I really enjoyed getting to watch over everyone else’s shoulders and see what kind of changes they made and what elements of the story they butted up against,” says Henry.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
Keeping watch over Perranporth Beach and its steep cliffs led Winston Graham to create Ross Poldark.
From BBC • Feb. 14, 2026
“Greece has been on our list of countries to watch over the last few years,” said Jennifer Stevens, executive editor of International Living.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 4, 2026
While we idled the months away, exerting our efforts to watch over a city of embers and stones, Boston is fallen to the rebels.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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