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Recent Examples of surveil
Using those tools to surveil political opponents would chill lawful protest and erode civil liberties.
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Jason M. Blazakis, Mercury News, 18 Oct. 2025
During follow-up calls with affected organizations, some infrastructure operators feared that unencrypted satellite communications could be exploited to surveil or disrupt facility operations.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2025
Microsoft blocks Israeli military unit from cloud services Microsoft blocked an Israeli military unit from using some of its technology after finding it was used to surveil Palestinians.
—semafor.com, 29 Sep. 2025
China has not only managed to steal the data and surveil the communications of hundreds of millions of Americans.
—Foreign Affairs, 18 Sep. 2025
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Jason M. Blazakis, Mercury News, 18 Oct. 2025
During follow-up calls with affected organizations, some infrastructure operators feared that unencrypted satellite communications could be exploited to surveil or disrupt facility operations.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2025
Microsoft blocks Israeli military unit from cloud services Microsoft blocked an Israeli military unit from using some of its technology after finding it was used to surveil Palestinians.
—semafor.com, 29 Sep. 2025
China has not only managed to steal the data and surveil the communications of hundreds of millions of Americans.
—Foreign Affairs, 18 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for surveil
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Schlegel, a travel adviser from Arlington, Virginia, has told clients to not panic, to monitor their flights and to arrive at the airport early.—
JOSH FUNK,
Arkansas Online,
8 Nov. 2025
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is acquiring powerful new surveillance tools to identify and monitor people.—
Jude Joffe-Block,
NPR,
8 Nov. 2025
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The United States and France first warned more than a decade ago that Russian satellites appeared to be spying and collecting information on their assets, including on commercially run satellites.—
Lauren Kent,
CNN Money,
9 Nov. 2025
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McCann spied an errant pumpkin.—
Ben McGrath,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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But snooping signals a lack of trust.—
Dr. Cortney Warren,
CNBC,
10 Nov. 2025
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Olympia is still looking for Senior’s mystery woman and decides to snoop through his Rolodex — old school!—
Dave Nemetz,
TVLine,
12 Oct. 2025
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“Surveil.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surveil. Accessed 20 Nov. 2025.
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