surveillance
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At 2:23 a.m. on Nov. 29, 2019, a surveillance camera at MI6’s London headquarters recorded movement on the fifth-floor balcony of a luxury development on the other side of the Thames.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
We are worried about artificial intelligence taking jobs, about toys that seem too real to our kids, about mass surveillance of our every move.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026
Healey told a Downing Street press conference on Thursday that Russia had sent an Akula class submarine as a diversionary tactic while two of its Guggi spy submarines carried out the surveillance of these cables.
From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026
It first tested shooting down a satellite in 2007, and has since invested in anti-satellite missile systems and an orbital defense system to deter attacks from orbit, along with enhanced space surveillance technologies.
From Salon • Apr. 9, 2026
A clump of reeds hides it from constant surveillance by the U.S. immigration authorities.
From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario
Vocabulary lists containing surveillance
John F. Kennedy's Address to the American People on the Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)
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National Spelling Bee '14: Prelims Round 2
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