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eavesdrop (on)

verb

ˈēvz-ˌdräp

Definition of eavesdrop (on)

as in to listen in (on)

to listen to (another in private conversation) a nosy traveler who likes to eavesdrop on his fellow airline passengers

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Employees Want Autonomy In the show, every aspect of Lumon employees’ day is monitored by the company.

— Kate Wieczorek, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Nurses will also be at all schools to monitor students' health concerns, and district representatives are going door-to-door to check on affected students.

— Joy Benedict, CBS News, 31 July 2026

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Explosions were heard in southern Iran, including Bandar Abbas, Kish and Qeshm Island, Iranian state media reported.

— Salma Arafa, CNN Money, 30 July 2026
Decisions on matters such as war, citizenship, exile and capital punishment were made in the assemblies and courts, where citizens heard contending speeches and voted immediately afterwards.

— Richard Yanowitch, Mercury News, 29 July 2026

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Beijing — An American scientist who has studied underground nuclear tests has been detained in China for more than 18 months on spying charges, according to his supporters and a US lawmaker.

— Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 15 July 2026
The band’s members were among the first to spy a spark from a circuit breaker that may have set off the blaze that roared across the ceiling, which experts suspect was covered with highly combustible material.

— Tian Macleod Ji, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026

Definition of spy

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Burial is far and away the blueprint here, evident in the vespertine pads, tape hiss, and hauntological vocal flips, deployed as if overheard from a distant astral plane.

— Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 23 July 2026
But, as tends to happen on these types of shows, Alex manages to overhear their conversation.

— Allison DeGrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 19 July 2026

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