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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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Then there's carefully monitoring multiple loads to make sure every item is washed and dried at the correct temperature.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
25 Oct. 2025
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Controls, for example, need to be continuously monitored so that audit readiness becomes more a state of being, and not a last minute sprint.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
25 Oct. 2025
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In 2024, 64 people in Taiwan were prosecuted for spying for China—more than the previous two years combined—with principal targets being current or former military personnel.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
23 Oct. 2025
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And when Clara spies her classmate Miller Adams (Mason Thames) along the roadside, and decides to give him a ride, the film introduces a next-generation complication-that-isn’t-really-one.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
22 Oct. 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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There also are characters straight from the David Lynch school of the bizarre, including the menacing figure who warns Ron to stop snooping around and the bearer of a disturbing story about a manufacturing job that requires being nude.—
Julie Hinds,
Freep.com,
10 Oct. 2025
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“Surveil.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surveil. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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