wiretaps

Definition of wiretapsnext
present tense third-person singular of wiretap

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Verb
  • The event taps into a broader effort by the entire Cannes ecosystem to converse with the creator industry, with TikTok having come on board as a festival sponsor back in 2022 — the first digital-media app to do so.
    Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 2 Apr. 2026
  • How to appeal strike zone decisions in ABS To request a review, a player taps his hat or helmet.
    Neil Nakahodo, Kansas City Star, 31 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Travelers are advised to inspect hotel rooms upon arrival and use precautions like plastic bags or luggage liners to prevent bringing bed bugs home.
    Taryn White, Travel + Leisure, 15 Jan. 2026
  • Check the head and base and foot of the bed, peeling back the top sheet to look for evidence on mattress covers, box springs, dust ruffles, and the headboard—and most importantly, the mattress seams and piping because bed bugs like to hide in cracks and crevices.
    Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 25 Dec. 2025
Verb
  • When Claire and Frank retreat to Inverness on holiday following the end of WWII, Frank spies the spectre of a Highlander staring up into Claire's window that abruptly vanishes.
    Amy Wilkinson, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Alma peers through a keyhole and spies her mother (Susanne Wuest) standing before a candlelit shrine to the family’s dead.
    Justin Chang, New Yorker, 20 Nov. 2025
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“Wiretaps.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wiretaps. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.

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