A watchman stopped them at the gate.
hired a watchman to patrol the factory at night
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These new rules were finalized over the summer; college sports is now in its first recruiting cycle where there will be a new watchmen over the money, the CSC (College Sports Commission).—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 July 2025 Mount Storm King on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula loomed above the deep blue waters of Lake Crescent, a silent watchman over some of our country’s wildest wilderness.—Kade Krichko, Outside Online, 17 July 2025 An example: Sip and Polina have been thrown into Ian Mayfair’s home prison (a must for every supernatural villain property), complete with iron bars and a surly watchman, but this turns out to be an extremely minor setback.—Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 2 Mar. 2025 Soon watchmen spotted six people with automatic rifles heading towards them in a speed boat.—Soham Mitra, Lou Robinson and Patrick Gallagher, CNN, 22 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for watchman
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