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Recent Examples of eavesdropping
The agreement comes after intense scrutiny over China’s intelligence operations in Cuba, after earlier reports in 2023 that Beijing and Havana might have inked a deal to build a new eavesdropping site.
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Nora Gamez Torres, Miami Herald, 26 Aug. 2025
Colleagues would talk for hours with the powerful and the secretive; a conversation with Julian Assange required technological methods that we were not permitted to discuss, to discourage eavesdropping.
—Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
Plus, without encryption, eavesdropping was a persistent problem.
—Julianne Pepitone, IEEE Spectrum, 25 July 2025
First things first, the Siri eavesdropping class action lawsuit applies to U.S. Apple Siri users only.
—Kate O'Flaherty, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
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Nora Gamez Torres, Miami Herald, 26 Aug. 2025
Colleagues would talk for hours with the powerful and the secretive; a conversation with Julian Assange required technological methods that we were not permitted to discuss, to discourage eavesdropping.
—Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
Plus, without encryption, eavesdropping was a persistent problem.
—Julianne Pepitone, IEEE Spectrum, 25 July 2025
First things first, the Siri eavesdropping class action lawsuit applies to U.S. Apple Siri users only.
—Kate O'Flaherty, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for eavesdropping
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Hu is also a senior official of an organization in China's southern Guangdong province that is part of the Communist Party’s United Front global political influence and interference organization, according to Newsweek research.—
Didi Kirsten Tatlow,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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The charges stemmed from Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.—
Erin Mansfield,
USA Today,
24 Oct. 2025
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In the scene, Panahi trades grisly interrogation stories with the activist and fellow former political prisoner Nasrin Sotoudeh.—
Arash Azizi,
The Atlantic,
22 Oct. 2025
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Authorities testified Friday that Benkired confessed to killing Lola during their first interrogation, according to the newspaper.—
Sean Neumann,
PEOPLE,
17 Oct. 2025
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The company plans to connect the quadruped with its Cerberus MI small unmanned aerial system (sUAS), creating a networked ecosystem where aerial and ground robots coordinate in real-time to support special operations and reconnaissance missions.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Oct. 2025
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On beginning the new job, Blazy had spent time in the house archives while doing his own reconnaissance and research.—
Nathan Heller,
Vogue,
14 Oct. 2025
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Philosophical questioning returns for a final edit when Neptune retrogrades back to Pisces.—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
22 Oct. 2025
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However, Buster was never brought in for questioning.—
Lynsey Eidell,
PEOPLE,
22 Oct. 2025
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The institute also launched a wastewater surveillance project, geared at monitoring and anticipating disease trends in communities.—
Maggie Menderski,
Louisville Courier Journal,
26 Oct. 2025
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In backrooms, there was none of the surveillance tech that reputable casinos use to catch players cheating.—
Rob Wile,
NBC news,
24 Oct. 2025
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The prying end also serves as a nail puller, box cutter and bottle opener.—
Ben Coxworth
October 07,
New Atlas,
7 Oct. 2025
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The film stages its riot of activity as hard-nosed honesty, but its portrait is ultimately as ginned-up and inexact as the fictional news broadcast’s lurid prying.—
Richard Lawson,
IndieWire,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Eavesdropping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eavesdropping. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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