surveillance
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“These findings highlight the importance of rapid surveillance, widespread testing, targeted quarantine and active monitoring of exposed individuals in confined travel settings,” added Cui.
From MarketWatch • May 14, 2026
Proponents say it could also counter the moves of authoritarian governments to use financial surveillance to identify dissidents—a goal tracing back to crypto’s roots.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
Another surveillance video showed the same red Hyundai arriving at an apartment block, with Evans handling suitcases believed to belong to Beyoncé choreographer Christopher Grant and dancer Diandre Blue.
From BBC • May 13, 2026
"Three days under surveillance, that doesn't bother us at all," one passenger, Roland Seitre, said just before taking off from Tenerife earlier Sunday.
From Barron's • May 10, 2026
It was much too dangerous: The KGB kept all foreigners in the Soviet Union under close surveillance.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
Vocabulary lists containing surveillance
John F. Kennedy's Address to the American People on the Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)
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