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Recent Examples of Synonyms for eavesdrops (on)
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The Polar Loop is a simple, screenless fitness-tracking band that monitors your activity, heart rate, and sleep for a reasonable price.—
Andrew Gebhart,
PC Magazine,
10 Mar. 2026 -
In early 2025, about $98 billion in projects were blocked or stalled nationwide over a three-month period, according to Data Center Watch, which monitors local opposition.—
Jordan Green,
Memphis Commercial Appeal,
6 Mar. 2026
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When Claire and Frank retreat to Inverness on holiday following the end of WWII, Frank spies the spectre of a Highlander staring up into Claire's window that abruptly vanishes.—
Amy Wilkinson,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Feb. 2026
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Alma peers through a keyhole and spies her mother (Susanne Wuest) standing before a candlelit shrine to the family’s dead.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
20 Nov. 2025
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The adaptation of John Galsworthy’s novel, The Forsyte Saga, will head into production on Season 3 next month in the UK and on location in Europe, Deadline hears.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
10 Mar. 2026
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Then the fighting older couple hears a camera’s click and looks up and sees their younger counterpart staring.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
5 Mar. 2026
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“Eavesdrops (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eavesdrops%20%28on%29. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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