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Recent Examples of wiretap
Section 702 permits the US government to wiretap communications between Americans and foreigners overseas.
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Dell Cameron, WIRED, 12 Apr. 2024
The car was rented under Blanchard’s name, which allowed detectives the access to wiretap his phone and track his every move.
—Time, 13 July 2023
Despite the technology’s potential for good, of course, there is a clear Orwellian thread in the idea of a future where bad actors can wiretap your brain.
—Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 26 May 2023
There were real-world flaws with the Russia investigation, especially how the F.B.I. botched applications to wiretap a former Trump campaign adviser.
—Charlie Savage, New York Times, 17 May 2023
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Dell Cameron, WIRED, 12 Apr. 2024
The car was rented under Blanchard’s name, which allowed detectives the access to wiretap his phone and track his every move.
—Time, 13 July 2023
Despite the technology’s potential for good, of course, there is a clear Orwellian thread in the idea of a future where bad actors can wiretap your brain.
—Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 26 May 2023
There were real-world flaws with the Russia investigation, especially how the F.B.I. botched applications to wiretap a former Trump campaign adviser.
—Charlie Savage, New York Times, 17 May 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wiretap
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For its fourth studio album, Flowers (out June 27 on Dead Oceans), the trio of Jones, Aaron Frazer and Blake Rhein is tapping its own history for a sound that melds the members’ individual influences.—
Taylor Mims,
Billboard,
23 June 2025
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The truth is that the only form of simple 2FA is SMS codes, which are sent quickly without having to exit the app or click or tap.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2025
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Say your mother kept bugging you to change a bad habit.—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes.com,
11 May 2025
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Next season is when all the little things start to bug me.—
Ryan Schwartz,
TVLine,
21 Mar. 2025
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Some two weeks after Resilience's hard landing, NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spied the lander's gravesite from its perch in orbit around the moon.—
Brett Tingley,
Space.com,
24 June 2025
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Over the fence, folks can spy the cavernous stage and the scaffolding above for the technical crew still in place, and that sparks memories.—
Dewayne Bevil,
The Orlando Sentinel,
24 June 2025
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Not everyone is comfortable complaining about work, especially at work– give your coworkers a safe place to talk, maybe on Zoom or some bar where their complaints won’t be overheard by the wrong people at the wrong time.—
James Folta,
Literary Hub,
24 June 2025
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Early on, Lucy is speaking with several other female wedding guests about matchmaking and about the big subject that underlies it—love—while Harry is standing alone, close enough to overhear but far enough to be discreet.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
13 June 2025
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“Wiretap.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wiretap. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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