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An expanded diplomatic presence will allow North Korea’s spy agency to eavesdrop more on overseas communications, Chun said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026

The president sometimes messes with the reporters on the line or lets people around him eavesdrop on speakerphone.

From Slate ● Mar. 18, 2026

Their ability to detect low-frequency sounds helps them eavesdrop on the mating calls of frogs.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2025

If Angela Rayner thinks that too, then her decision may well come down to how seriously she takes the warnings that China could eavesdrop on the UK's banks.

From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2025

I wasn’t trying to eavesdrop; I just wanted to see the baby again.

From "P.S. I Miss You" by Jen Petro-Roy

One of the few au courant innovations on “What’s in the Box?” involves surveillance: As one couple answers questions, the camera eavesdrops on the conversations among their competition, which can range from catty to worse.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 16, 2025

As a teen in Azerbaijan, Kiesling’s Bunny eavesdrops on chatter about oil companies scrambling for position in the post-Soviet state; later, in Texas, she becomes enmeshed in a small energy firm’s dubious involvement with renewables.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2023

Mailata, a five-year veteran, eavesdrops on Kelce’s tutorials to Jurgens so he can learn more about football.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 19, 2023

The film eavesdrops on board meetings and attends parties.

From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2022

Mom eavesdrops on Abuela and me then lambastes us with one of her sixty-odd diatribes when she doesn’t like what she hears.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García

“Maybe they’re fakes, maybe they are eavesdropped conversations,” Putin said of the transcripts earlier reported by Bloomberg News.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 27, 2025

Data might be despatched through optical fibres using particles of light making it almost impossible to be eavesdropped or hacked.

From BBC ● May 6, 2024

The United States eavesdropped on United Nations Secretary General António Guterres’s conversations with other U.N. officials, according to four classified reports obtained by The Washington Post.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 15, 2023

The probe, codenamed “Operation Dunhammer,” concluded that NSA had eavesdropped on political leaders.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 21, 2023

Veronika eavesdropped more carefully, for she assumed all the shouting must have to do with her.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

The moment the door to the flat was forced was recorded on an audio eavesdropping device - a bug - that UK law enforcement had put in the flat.

From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2026

Quantum cryptography offers a promising defense by using the rules of quantum physics to secure communication against eavesdropping.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 29, 2025

As Ms. Picasso puts it: “There’s a lot of chatter going on between these works—like we’re eavesdropping at a party.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025

One former US intelligence official said information gleaned by Colombian officers was often vital in supporting American eavesdropping and satellite intelligence.

From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2025

Up until today, most of my Namrata and Juliet intel came from one of three sources: eavesdropping, Instagram, and my mom.

From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera