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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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On a visit to another small Ok. town, Cox spied a tattered awning that said Country Bird, which was the perfect name for her bakery.—
Gary Stern,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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The recipe is inspired by the Grey Goose Honey Deuce, the cocktail Taylor and Travis were spied drinking with friends at the US Open in 2024.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
18 June 2025
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Those drones have been flying without authorities first getting a warrant and Schmitz is not the only resident who has been snooped on.—
Andrew Wimer,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
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However, law enforcement is not above snooping on cell phones, and their tactics are usually much harder to detect.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
27 June 2025
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“Surveil.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surveil. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.
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