Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for eavesdrop (on)
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Then there's carefully monitoring multiple loads to make sure every item is washed and dried at the correct temperature.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
25 Oct. 2025 -
Controls, for example, need to be continuously monitored so that audit readiness becomes more a state of being, and not a last minute sprint.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
25 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Hit play on the player below to hear the podcast and follow along with the transcript beneath it.—
Caren Bohan,
USA Today,
3 Nov. 2025
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This week, the Supreme Court hears arguments on whether the Republican president has overstepped federal law with many of his tariffs.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
3 Nov. 2025
Verb
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In 2024, 64 people in Taiwan were prosecuted for spying for China—more than the previous two years combined—with principal targets being current or former military personnel.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
23 Oct. 2025
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And when Clara spies her classmate Miller Adams (Mason Thames) along the roadside, and decides to give him a ride, the film introduces a next-generation complication-that-isn’t-really-one.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
22 Oct. 2025
Verb
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On June 20, 1940, someone told the night policeman, Tip Hunter, that Elbert Williams, a relative of Elisha Davis, had been overheard proposing a meeting between the Brownsville and Jackson NAACP branches.—
Equal Justice Initiative,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
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Jim MacDonald, a commercial fisherman, had overheard radio transmissions between the Fitzgerald and the Anderson the night of the disaster.—
Caitlin Looby,
jsonline.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Eavesdrop (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eavesdrop%20%28on%29. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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