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Discover LudwigThe phrase "be watchful of" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when you want to express that someone needs to be careful or observe something, especially potential dangers or risks. For example: "Be watchful of the currents when swimming in the ocean."
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"You have to be watchful of what is happening," said Bill Burton, a spokesman for Senator Barack Obama's presidential campaign.
Tell us: do you think there's a "slippery slope" women must be watchful of as they get older?
Signs posted along the hallway walls tell people to be alert to possible gas poisoning and to be watchful of electric blankets and other fire hazards.
But he said regulators need to be watchful of the unintended consequences of their rules and mindful of the feedback loops between their actions and private markets.
"What's going on in the market has just reconfirmed their belief that they have to be watchful of who they let into the building".
At the press conference on Friday, Kurz, Kickl, the vice-chancellor, Christian Strache, and the culture minister, Gernot Blümel, said the country had an obligation to be "watchful" of political Islam.
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In European emergencies Mrs Merkel has been watchful of German treasure and national prerogatives.
A. One of the things we are watchful of is general economic conditions.
Wall Street was watchful of fallout stemming from Argentina's deepening political and economic morass.
They are so interesting and they entertain each other, they are watchful of each other and they are very fair-minded.
"With such an important industrial activity in temporary financial ruin, we are watchful of a spillover effect to biotechnology and pharmaceuticals".
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