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wiretapped

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past tense of wiretap

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Semafor first reported, back in November, that Mamdani had tapped Khan as an informal adviser to wield the city’s consumer-protection power.

— Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 23 July 2026
Director Dave Green even tapped longtime voice actor Eric Bauza—a longtime fixture for Looney Tunes—to voice several classic characters, including Tweety Bird, Daffy Duck, Bugs Bunny, and Foghorn Leghorn.

— Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 23 July 2026

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The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine, a law-enforcement agency known as NABU, had bugged Mindich’s apartment in Kyiv, and detectives picked up his conversations about Fire Point.

— Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 17 July 2026
The group alleged that as well as hacking their phones, journalists from the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday tapped landlines and bugged houses and cars.

— K.J. Yossman, Variety, 7 July 2026

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Elsewhere during the event, Harry was overheard providing a few family updates to guests.

— Juliana Ukiomogbe, InStyle, 17 July 2026
Degorski had told an ex-girlfriend of his role in the killings, and a friend who overheard her talking about it in 2002 went to the police.

— Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2026

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For decades, the state’s population of piping plovers has been closely monitored each year and the bird’s habitat remains protected.

— Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 19 July 2026
Even though Yates told staff of her drug use history, staff placed her in a cell where she would not be monitored for withdrawals or overdoses, the suit alleged.

— Theresa Clift July 17, Sacbee.com, 17 July 2026

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