eavesdrop

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

From Slate ● Mar. 18, 2026

A trade office allegedly helped to eavesdrop on Chinese dissidents.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 10, 2026

They’ve even heard of “Ear Hustle” — which means to eavesdrop — listening and discussion clubs in an Arkansas prison.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 26, 2026

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

From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2025

With all the noise in the park, nobody could eavesdrop even if they wanted to, but this is a conversation that’s meant to be private.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

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

Amid revelations that the NSA had eavesdropped on allied leaders — including German Chancellor Angela Merkel and U.N. diplomats — President Barack Obama in 2013 ordered the agency to stop the practice.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 15, 2023

One night, as I eavesdropped before being chased to bed, I heard her say how bright the explosion was.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 31, 2022

Mr. Berrycloth, who has clearly eavesdropped, remains quiet.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

It was an undecipherable crackle, and he suspected Flock had hung vinyl sheets on windows to defeat eavesdropping.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

It was part of a network of country houses with similar set-ups for eavesdropping, with the gathered intelligence then shared with Bletchley Park.

From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026

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

Any attempt to intercept the quantum signals disturbs them, creating detectable errors that alert users to possible eavesdropping.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 17, 2026

After all, Mr. Leroy did say I handle myself like I was growned, and I know growned folks don’t like nothing better than doing a little eavesdropping.

From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis