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Recent Examples of Synonyms for surveilling
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Various others have been executed in Iran in recent years before the June conflict on allegations of spying for the Mossad, including multiple earlier this year.—
Landon Mion,
FOXNews.com,
22 Dec. 2025 -
The soaring golden orbs may have fooled my eager spying eyes a few times.—
Zoe Baillargeon,
Travel + Leisure,
20 Dec. 2025
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This type of system could be useful for monitoring transplant patients who need to take immunosuppressive drugs, or people with infections such as HIV or TB, who need treatment for an extended period of time.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Jan. 2026
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Officers were in the area monitoring the situation and later cleared the scene.—
Richard Ramos,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
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Thornton, a vice president of strategic communications who has worked downtown for 17 years, including a decade with AIMCLEAR, was no stranger to snooping on behalf of his colleagues and his employer.—
Frederick Melo,
Twin Cities,
5 Dec. 2025
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But snooping signals a lack of trust.—
Dr. Cortney Warren,
CNBC,
10 Nov. 2025
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“Surveilling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surveilling. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.
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