surveillance
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The U.S. has been using and experimenting with sea drones in waters around the world to carry out a range of missions, including conducting maritime surveillance, clearing sea mines and simulating attack swarms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
Domestic abuse charity Refuge is calling for tougher regulation of hidden surveillance devices and better police training to identify and investigate their use.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
"The app comes pre-installed on all mobile devices sold in Russia and includes extensive surveillance features," the EU said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026
Police said investigators conducted dozens of witness interviews and reviewed hours of surveillance video to develop a comprehensive case.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
Warily watching the British in Boston, “Washington frequently had Billy Lee remove his mahogany and brass spyglass from its handsome leather case so he could engage in surveillance of his adversary,” biographer Ron Chernow records.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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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
The soldiers went to bed, and Keyser lay wondering for a while before he took his nap between his surveillances.
From Red Men and White by Remington, Frederic
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John F. Kennedy's Address to the American People on the Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)
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