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Intercepting them, however, could be viewed as a threat to the country’s energy security.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

Intercepting an asteroid before it hits Earth also relies on being able to spot the incoming hazard in the first place.

From BBC • Oct. 7, 2024

Intercepting private communications is only allowed with a judge's prior consent for reasons such as national security, and doing so without authorization can be punished with six to 12 years of jail time.

From Reuters • Oct. 4, 2022

Intercepting those communications would be valuable in monitoring the responses to a future crisis in the Taiwan Strait, South China Sea, or East China Sea that would be valuable to military war planners.

From Washington Times • Sep. 28, 2022

Intercepting the luminous portion of his spectrum he brought, by a converging lens, the ultra-red rays to a focus, but by this condensation he obtained no light.

From Fragments of science, V. 1-2 by Tyndall, John