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Recent Examples of eavesdropping
After Durkin challenged the government’s eavesdropping methods in the case, the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago in 2013 held a highly unusual closed-door session with government officials over whether Durkin should be allowed to view confidential surveillance documents.
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Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 22 July 2025
The experiment involved 40 pet dogs divided into three categories (young, adult, and senior) and two groups (eavesdropping and control).
—Rosie McCall, Discover Magazine, 21 July 2025
The psychological manipulation runs deeper than simple eavesdropping.
—Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 4 July 2025
That sort of possible eavesdropping by bad actors has been a concern with public scanner traffic for decades.
—Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 July 2025
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Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 22 July 2025
The experiment involved 40 pet dogs divided into three categories (young, adult, and senior) and two groups (eavesdropping and control).
—Rosie McCall, Discover Magazine, 21 July 2025
The psychological manipulation runs deeper than simple eavesdropping.
—Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 4 July 2025
That sort of possible eavesdropping by bad actors has been a concern with public scanner traffic for decades.
—Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for eavesdropping
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Economists and others familiar with how the jobs numbers are collected have expressed confidence that Labor Department procedures will keep the data are safe from political interference.—
Paul Wiseman,
Fortune,
5 Sep. 2025
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The Smithsonian must remain free from political interference, no matter who lives in the White House and Congress will continue to protect its autonomy and support the millions of visitors who enjoy it every year.—
Anastasia Tsioulcas,
NPR,
5 Sep. 2025
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None of this instability emerges until late in the interrogation, which is also late in the novella.—
Lily Meyer,
The Atlantic,
5 Sep. 2025
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Ideological skirmishes over the motives and obligations of Carpenter’s music include both sincere interrogation of its feminism and smirking counteractive reprisals to that scrutiny.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
3 Sep. 2025
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In that setting, Kelluu will demonstrate how its endurance and GNSS-denied navigation capabilities could support intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance missions in contested zones.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Sep. 2025
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Both Moscow and Kyiv utilize drones in various ways, from conducting reconnaissance missions to coordinating and executing strikes, or even as interceptors to take down the other's unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).—
Ellie Cook,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Sep. 2025
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So is the hesitation, the concern for consequence, and the mid-match questioning of how she is supposed to play.—
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
4 Sep. 2025
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Police detained one person at the scene for questioning, who was later released.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
2 Sep. 2025
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Police also allegedly found a stun gun, a replica pistol, a surveillance camera, drugs and drug paraphernalia at the home.—
Bailey Richards,
PEOPLE,
6 Sep. 2025
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While Tranter tinkers and Zuzana monitors the wall of local surveillance footage, Karalis and his team get to work drilling through the wall of the vault.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Eavesdropping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eavesdropping. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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