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Recent Examples of surveil
Second, the trend among governments over the past several decades has been to interpret existing laws broadly in order to expand the power of the government to use technology to surveil its citizens.
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Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 3 Mar. 2026
Many observers claimed the original language shared on OpenAI’s website provided ample loopholes for the government to surveil Americans.
—Kevin Collier, NBC news, 3 Mar. 2026
Cartels routinely use drones to deliver drugs across the Mexican border and surveil Border Patrol officers.
—Josh Funk, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2026
Of course, the military already isn’t allowed to surveil American citizens.
—Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 27 Feb. 2026
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Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 3 Mar. 2026
Many observers claimed the original language shared on OpenAI’s website provided ample loopholes for the government to surveil Americans.
—Kevin Collier, NBC news, 3 Mar. 2026
Cartels routinely use drones to deliver drugs across the Mexican border and surveil Border Patrol officers.
—Josh Funk, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2026
Of course, the military already isn’t allowed to surveil American citizens.
—Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 27 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for surveil
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One of the husbands was also able to track the car’s location using an app that monitored the vehicle’s key fob, investigators said.—
Karina Tsui,
CNN Money,
6 Mar. 2026
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This thermal guesswork ends today with the introduction of microscopic, on-chip thermometers to monitor this microscopic chaos from the inside out.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Mar. 2026
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Lego aficionados or those who grew up with the sets will likely spy many an allusion to past toys.—
Todd Martens,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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Having been warned that a former child prodigy is coming to town, Salieri first happens to spy Mozart playing a naughty game of hide-and-seek with his wife-to-be, Constanze Weber (Lauren Worsham), in and out of her skirt.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
27 Feb. 2026
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Although privacy advocates have praised the ability of encryption to effectively scramble messages so third parties are unable to snoop on people’s conversations, various members of law enforcement have said that doing so impedes their ability to investigate certain crimes.—
Jonathan Vanian,
CNBC,
20 Feb. 2026
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Harry suggested that information had come from eavesdropping on his phone calls or having private investigators snoop on him.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
21 Jan. 2026
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“Surveil.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surveil. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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