Example Sentences

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A Navy spokesman did not immediately respond when asked if Chinese warships or military aircraft were shadowing the carrier or monitoring its activities.

From Washington Times • Jan. 13, 2023

The protesters were shadowing top members of Mr. Modi’s Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party, or B.J.P., as they began to campaign.

From New York Times • Oct. 22, 2021

De La Salle high school, whose students were shadowing Mr Lucido at the time of the incident, issued a statement distancing itself from the senator's comments.

From BBC • Jan. 16, 2020

At one point, says Palestinian-American law professor Huwaida Arraf who joined the activists, the radar picked up three vessels which were shadowing them from just over the horizon.

From Time Magazine Archive

Better, of the two, to start in at once and shadow those who were shadowing his house.

From The Adventures of Jimmie Dale by Packard, Frank L. (Frank Lucius)