surveillance
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The “seismic shifts in technology” could permit total surveillance of the public, Roberts wrote, and “we decline to grant the state unrestricted access” to these databases.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 2026
A California Court of Appeal rejected their 4th Amendment claim in 2023, even though the judges said they had legal doubts about the “novelty of the particular surveillance technique at issue.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 2026
Dubai police say the arrest was made on Wednesday, 15 April after intensive search and surveillance operations.
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026
The criminal complaint includes several images taken from surveillance cameras that show Moreno-Gama at both locations.
From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026
“Butler? We have a guest. I’ll show him in. You get back here and police the surveillance cameras.”
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
Vocabulary lists containing surveillance
John F. Kennedy's Address to the American People on the Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)
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This Week In Words: August 1–6, 2020
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National Spelling Bee '14: Prelims Round 2
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