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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wiretaps
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In revisiting that story here, Stanton taps into fresh reserves of emotion and also invests the simple, familiar image of a tire swing dangling from a tree with a vast totemic significance.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
19 June 2026 -
McMahon said Greenberg’s acquisition of The Hartford’s former complex at 1 Griffin Road North taps into a trend seen across the country.—
Kenneth R. Gosselin,
Hartford Courant,
17 June 2026
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When traveling, the EPA suggests inspecting any room visitors will be staying in for the presence of bed bugs.—
Colson Thayer,
PEOPLE,
20 Apr. 2026
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As an existing subdivision — 99% of it vacant — Azure Vista offered hundreds of buildable vacant lots populated only by red ants, quail and Groucho Marx bugs.—
Eric DuVall,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Apr. 2026
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Late one night, Clark spies what appears to be a sliver of light coming through a crack in the wall of the store’s basement.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
14 June 2026
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In Giovanni Battista Tiepolo’s The Finding of Moses, a dog spies a young girl whose presence unlocks the painting’s meaning.—
Boris Kachka,
The Atlantic,
5 June 2026
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“Wiretaps.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wiretaps. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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