How to Use watchdog in a Sentence

watchdog

noun
  • One step would be to rebuild the watchdogs.
    — Brandon Rottinghaus, Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2026
  • One step would be to rebuild the watchdogs.
    — Brandon Rottinghaus, The Conversation, 5 Jan. 2026
  • The first is a nano-device watchdog.
    — Pravir Malik, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
  • The center is a watchdog group for food safety.
    — Berkeley Lovelace Jr, NBC news, 10 Feb. 2026
  • What happens when the watchdogs are no longer watching?
    — O. Rose Broderick, STAT, 5 June 2026
  • But for awhile there, the PTC was a watchdog with teeth.
    — James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2025
  • This is the first time a Brazilian watchdog has seized iPhones.
    — José Adorno, BGR, 24 Nov. 2022
  • Food activists and watchdog groups have said the move is a step in the right direction.
    — Sara Moniuszko, USA Today, 13 Feb. 2026
  • France’s health watchdog reports that one in two teenagers spends between two and five hours a day on a smartphone.
    — Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 27 Jan. 2026
  • My Ads, a watchdog group for ways in which the ad industry supports hate speech.
    — David Ingram, NBC News, 6 Sep. 2023
  • The watchdog did not say which country launched the projectile at Bushehr.
    — Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 18 Mar. 2026
  • There are not enough personnel to meet the Navy's demands, the watchdog added.
    — Ellie Cook shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
  • This isn’t the first time the political watchdog has slapped the governor with a fine.
    — Grace Hase, Mercury News, 12 June 2026
  • The case is part of a broader probe that was revealed last year by the anti-corruption watchdogs.
    — ABC News, 13 May 2026
  • Mitchell pledged to be a watchdog and make sure the proper allocation is heeded.
    — Steve Scauzillo, Daily News, 10 June 2026
  • Villanueva still chafes over these watchdog agencies.
    — Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026
  • Berthiaume had been serving as the department's acting watchdog since late last year.
    — Jacob Rosen, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026
  • The flurry of attacks has the entire Jewish world on edge — and some watchdogs say things could soon get worse.
    — Joseph Strauss, Sun Sentinel, 16 Mar. 2026
  • The trade-offs illustrate the risk for school officials, budget watchdogs said.
    — Troy Closson, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2023
  • Both the fund and the tax portion of that settlement have sparked outcries from government watchdogs.
    — Aysha Bagchi, USA Today, 5 June 2026
  • Longer term, the watchdog agency noted, a few large tech platforms that could end up owning the bulk of consumer data.
    — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 26 Nov. 2022
  • The watchdog agency is tasked with rooting out corruption, fraud and waste in city government.
    — Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 12 Feb. 2026
  • Owner Elon Musk is now suing the media watchdog group for defamation.
    — Alan Murray, Fortune, 21 Nov. 2023
  • These independent watchdogs oversee waste, fraud, and abuse.
    — Connor Greene, Time, 1 Jan. 2026
  • Some of those public contracts raise particular alarm among watchdogs.
    — Rachel Treisman, NPR, 2 July 2026
  • The Fed’s internal watchdog is now handling the matter.
    — Will Weissert, Fortune, 23 May 2026
  • The Fed's internal watchdog is now handling the matter.
    — Arkansas Online, 23 May 2026
  • The Fed’s internal watchdog is now handling the matter.
    — Will Weissert, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2026
  • Two of the most important roles are to act as your watchdog against wrongdoing and to be a voice for those who would not otherwise be heard.
    — Steve Coffman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Mar. 2024
  • Moskowitz, who specializes in class-action lawsuits, didn’t set out to become a crypto watchdog.
    — Steven Zeitchik and Julian Mark, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Dec. 2022

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