snoop
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ADS-B gave them an instant high-tech snoop tool, including the ability to claim owners are registering planes in one place but parking them elsewhere.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
Camryn Smith and her daughter showed up to snoop around for the deals at the Americana at Brand in Glendale early Friday morning.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 28, 2025
One member warned that state officials would snoop around their rural properties to tell owners what to do.
From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2025
"I'd probably go up to them and say, 'Have you heard about the ban?' I'd rather be up front than snoop on a neighbour."
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2025
"How could you trust that snoop? He betrayed us."
From "The Thief Lord" by Cornelia Funke
Yet the very value proposition of VPNs rests on an internet rife with restrictions and snoops.
From Slate ● Jan. 10, 2025
Mr. Chew disputed that his app snoops on Americans.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 23, 2023
She snoops to conquer in “Harriet the Spy,” a new animated series based on the classic children’s novel.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2021
This highly-rated VPN received 4.5/5 Stars via PC Mag thanks to high-level encryption that keeps out hackers, ISPs and government snoops alike.
From Salon ● Jan. 8, 2018
British spy Jacobus van Zandt snoops through papers in the desk of American agent Silas Deane in Paris.
From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen
For eight years they snooped on 182 nests, checking them every few days during the breeding season.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 1, 2023
Postal Service in its crosshairs for an investigation of allegations that postal inspectors snooped on Americans via their social media accounts and online activity.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 6, 2022
The reporters who snooped on the weekend’s wedding via binoculars might have had a better view of what they were covering.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 21, 2022
The authors speculate it was perhaps high-altitude reconnaissance planes flying at 6 miles high that often snooped over Benghazi.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 31, 2022
Sometimes they came to the school and snooped around.
From "Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World" by Malala Yousafzai
Julian O’Neill investigates how the unlawful snooping was exposed.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
An ATM con that involves some snooping, some acting and some sleight-of-hand is being carried out across Southern California, police say.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 25, 2026
Isn’t the whole uproar over Mr. Smith’s snooping on senators’ phone records a “tempest and teapot” given he had to follow rules?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2025
Those traits, paired with her knack for snooping, made Harriet just like I was as a child: too curious for my own good, and prone to making mistakes because of it.
From Salon ● Mar. 2, 2025
Looking at a photo doesn’t feel quite as much like I’ve been snooping into her personal business.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
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