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Following France's quarter-final exit on home soil at the last Rugby World Cup, it emerged that South Africa's coaches had decoded one of their tactical calls, external before a 29-28 win.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

In this proof of concept, information was encoded into the UV-C laser by the source-transmitter and then successfully decoded by the 2D semiconductor sensor acting as the receiver.

From Science Daily • Jan. 7, 2026

The idea that flavor must be earned, decoded and unlocked.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2025

"I decoded Morse code and passed it to the next person," she said.

From BBC • May 3, 2025

By stealing and reading secret messages and by reading the decoded reports of agents and spy hunters, Washington was finding out what the British were going to do sometimes even before British troops knew.

From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen