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Recent Examples of surveil
There also have been espionage cases where drones have been used to surveil sensitive sites.
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Josh Funk, Arkansas Online, 8 June 2025
The designation opens up the agency’s ability to surveil the populist anti-immigration party more thoroughly, among other legal consequences.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 2 May 2025
By setting the standards to give its tech an edge, selling that tech, and training foreign government officials how to use it to repress and surveil their citizens in the name of cyber sovereignty, China is undermining democratic freedoms worldwide.
—Jill Goldenziel, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
The administration has also announced plans to surveil immigrants’ social media.
—Chicago Tribune, 22 Apr. 2025
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Josh Funk, Arkansas Online, 8 June 2025
The designation opens up the agency’s ability to surveil the populist anti-immigration party more thoroughly, among other legal consequences.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 2 May 2025
By setting the standards to give its tech an edge, selling that tech, and training foreign government officials how to use it to repress and surveil their citizens in the name of cyber sovereignty, China is undermining democratic freedoms worldwide.
—Jill Goldenziel, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
The administration has also announced plans to surveil immigrants’ social media.
—Chicago Tribune, 22 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for surveil
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The Bureau of Labor Statistics gathers this information through a quarterly survey that monitors price shifts across about 80,000 goods and services.—
Aliss Higham,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 June 2025
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The landscape of how these agreements are formed has also evolved: To monitor those deals, the College Sports Commission, established as part of the House settlement, will serve as a clearinghouse.—
Matt Murschel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
30 June 2025
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Over the fence, folks can spy the cavernous stage and the scaffolding above for the technical crew still in place, and that sparks memories.—
Dewayne Bevil,
The Orlando Sentinel,
24 June 2025
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Some two weeks after Resilience's hard landing, NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spied the lander's gravesite from its perch in orbit around the moon.—
Brett Tingley,
Space.com,
24 June 2025
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Others described judges attempting to snoop or surveil them.—
Carrie Johnson,
NPR,
9 June 2025
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Jason’s friend and a fellow associate of Brian’s, Cal feels safest hanging at home, snooping on Coast Guard comms with a few beers and some private browser tabs open.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
10 May 2025
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“Surveil.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surveil. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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