eavesdrop

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

From Slate ● Mar. 18, 2026

That’s why some of us eavesdrop, sneak into closets and rummage through dresser drawers in secret.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 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

“There is a reason. A good one. We won’t know what’s going on unless we eavesdrop, and we need to know what’s going on.”

From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth

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

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

The film eavesdrops on a group of teenage students during a critical day in their lives, when a classmate’s funeral has prompted them to wrestle with social status and school personas.

From New York Times ● Jun. 9, 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

I have eavesdropped on other patients just losing their minds, saying this is absolutely ridiculous.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

The satellites eavesdropped on Russian missiles and defense installations.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 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

Putting her ear to the door, Meggie eavesdropped on their conversations.

From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke

The podcast aims to offer a balm in anxious times, an hour of eavesdropping on Poehler and the famous friends, collaborators and personal heroes she’s amassed over more than 25 years in show business.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

The voices of the characters come through as though we’re eavesdropping from a discreet distance on their banter and squabbles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 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

I knew he was going to drop the price of mutton sooner or later, so I paced here and there as I waited, and I did a bit of eavesdropping.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan