eavesdropper
Example Sentences
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Tøndel empowers the camera to follow characters down hallways and then continue, peeking around corners, finding an eavesdropper.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 7, 2025
Unfortunately, the researchers using them are often faced with a similar plight as the unfortunate eavesdropper, leaning against a locked door with an empty glass to their ear.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 4, 2024
“I can’t tell if it’s metallic or what,” one pilot said, according to cockpit audio obtained by journalist Thomas Newdick from an earthbound eavesdropper identified as “Mike in southwest Wisconsin.”
From Washington Post ● Feb. 17, 2023
Now social media gives every restaurateur, nanny, production designer and eavesdropper a platform that could reach a global audience.
From New York Times ● Oct. 25, 2022
Here he had her, ear to wood, an eavesdropper in her own house.
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
