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Recent Examples of eavesdropping
Plus, without encryption, eavesdropping was a persistent problem.
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Julianne Pepitone, IEEE Spectrum, 25 July 2025
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.
—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
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Julianne Pepitone, IEEE Spectrum, 25 July 2025
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for eavesdropping
Noun
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Whatever the eventual outcome, most observers are wary of such political interference in traditionally independent bodies.—
Nick Thomas,
The Washington Examiner,
3 Oct. 2025
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Due to their isolated nature, rogue planet observations don’t suffer from interference caused by stellar radiation from host stars.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Oct. 2025
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His attorneys pointed out that Dassey had a low IQ bordering on intellectual disability, and questioned law enforcement's interrogation tactics — including allowing the teen to be interrogated without a parent or attorney present.—
Kelli Arseneau,
jsonline.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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The Yogurt Shop Murders, directed by The Great Invisible helmer Margaret Brown and co-produced by A24, focuses on the lasting legacy of trauma the unsolved murders left in their wake and interrogation tactics used in the original investigation that have since been called into question.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 Sep. 2025
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This new capability could redefine how drones operate in real-world missions, from military reconnaissance to fast-moving logistics.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Oct. 2025
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In 1964, the National Police Board, together with the Swedish Police Association, launched a trial assigning women to special tasks, once again limiting their work to investigative, reconnaissance, and security patrol duties, without participation in regular uniformed service.—
Isadora Wandermurem,
Time,
3 Oct. 2025
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The process involves some questioning by and conversation with church staff to ensure the individual is personally and spiritually ready for the step.—
Keith Matheny,
Freep.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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Creating a good job description relies on insightful questioning.—
Caroline Nihill,
Fortune,
30 Sep. 2025
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Police recovered three bullet casings at the crime scene as well as surveillance footage that showed a man in a white Chevrolet Silverado entering the clinic on the day Tokuhara was murdered.—
Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
4 Oct. 2025
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Combs also apologized to abuse victims around the world who may have been triggered by the surveillance footage of him assaulting Ventura.—
Nicki Brown,
CNN Money,
4 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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Other prying eyes won’t have access to the documents, either.—
Zoe Guy,
Vulture,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Eavesdropping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eavesdropping. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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