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He can be sure the power-holders in Melbourne, Paris and London will have been watching the New York trendsetters with intrigue.

From BBC • Aug. 21, 2025

And as the largest manufacturer of cars in the EU - thanks to VW, Mercedes and BMW - Germany will have been watching closely.

From BBC • Jul. 28, 2025

All over Europe managers and players will have been watching; realising that a new chapter in European football was being written, thinking: "How can we possibly compete with this?"

From The Guardian • May 1, 2013

Rio Ferdinand, among the Wembley crowd, will have been watching with interest.

From The Guardian • Feb. 6, 2013

"He will have been watching many nights, I think," said Mr. Whitbread, "here, and in Duke Street, and at my own lodgings too."

From Oddsfish! by Benson, Robert Hugh