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wiretapped

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past tense of wiretap

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Although the new result doesn’t necessarily translate to a transformative breakthrough about P versus NP, the potential effects are so sweeping that OpenAI has tapped outside experts to vet its claim.

— Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 27 Oct. 2026
The fund can be tapped when the economy sours and revenue falls.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2026

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And as the team moved into the couple’s guest house on their San Diego rental property, the filmmakers feared that the home was bugged and ordered a device to try to de-bug it, without success.

— Kirsten Chuba, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2026
He’s bugged Jay — the two met online and married two years ago before opening their first restaurant last year — to make sure that includes his crispy duck panang curry.

— Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 22 Sep. 2026

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One of the most powerful conceits in the book occurs when the two leave an airport venue and readers get the perspective of a person who served or overheard them.

— Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026
With the festival’s first weekend coinciding with the Brazilian presidential elections, almost every conversation overheard at RioMarket during the event’s early days was intertwined with politics.

— Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026

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Strategic reserves would also have to be protected, monitored and replenished.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2026
As i4cp research analyst Katheryn Brekken explained, employees who know they’re being monitored may resort to performative behaviors, such as jiggling their mouse to appear active, rather than focusing on meaningful work.

— Adithyan RK, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026

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