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surveillance

[ser-vey-luhns, -veyl-yuhns] / sərˈveɪ ləns, -ˈveɪl jəns /


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“The military may well be seeing vessels through radar, aircraft or other surveillance that commercial feeds miss.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 24, 2026

The notion that this enhanced surveillance increases safety doesn’t actually hold up, though.

From Slate Aug. 21, 2026

Paul Wigley, professor in animal microbial ecosystems at the Bristol Veterinary School, says improved surveillance and detection has also helped.

From BBC Aug. 19, 2026

“Our society has become much more of a surveillance society,” Martin said.

From Salon Aug. 15, 2026

Warily watching the British in Boston, “Washington frequently had Billy Lee remove his mahogany and brass spyglass from its handsome leather case so he could engage in surveillance of his adversary,” biographer Ron Chernow records.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis

And with the increased use of the Internet and so that changed the level of technical complexity of the surveillances that the FBI wanted to do.

From MSNBC May 30, 2019

"I have conducted surveillances for Triangle in England, in South America, Miami, California, Hong Kong, Peru, Alaska. I travel all over the world doing these surveillances and nothing really changes," Sullivan said.

From BBC Aug. 1, 2015

I am still being surveilled, but now it’s much harder to tie all those small surveillances back to me and ads don’t follow me around.

From Slate Mar. 2, 2015

Del Rosario said the latest Chinese activity in Scarborough Shoal was discussed at a cabinet meeting on Wednesday, where fresh surveillances pictures were shown.

From Reuters Sep. 4, 2013

I had expected to detect some evidences of surveillances, but if any were indeed being observed, the fact was effectively masked.

From The Return of Dr. Fu-Manchu by Sax Rohmer




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