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surveillance

[ser-vay-luhns, -vayl-yuhns] / sərˈveɪ ləns, -ˈveɪl jəns /


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Major cities like Paris, São Paulo, Amsterdam and Vienna are saturated with surveillance cameras, Kelly said, which is helping police with the chase.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

Anduril is a military technology company, and it produces drones and surveillance systems.

From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026

She also said the ophthalmology "capacity appears insufficient to meet the demand", adding that the absence of a national mechanism means those "requiring surveillance for ophthalmic conditions may experience prolonged delays".

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

She picked the Santa Monica apartment, Wright said, because it offered 24-hour on-site security personnel, video surveillance and an escort to and from the parking garage.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

Marti scanned for surveillance confidently; the street running along the railroad tracks seemed deserted.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau

And with the increased use of the Internet and so that changed the level of technical complexity of the surveillances that the FBI wanted to do.

From MSNBC ● May 30, 2019

The secretive court approves surveillances warrants under Fisa against "agent of a foreign power", mainly to either the FBI or NSA.

From BBC ● Mar. 5, 2017

I am still being surveilled, but now it’s much harder to tie all those small surveillances back to me and ads don’t follow me around.

From Slate ● Mar. 2, 2015

Del Rosario said the latest Chinese activity in Scarborough Shoal was discussed at a cabinet meeting on Wednesday, where fresh surveillances pictures were shown.

From Reuters ● Sep. 4, 2013

I had expected to detect some evidences of surveillances, but if any were indeed being observed, the fact was effectively masked.

From The Return of Dr. Fu-Manchu by Sax Rohmer


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