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surveillance

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


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"Three days under surveillance, that doesn't bother us at all," one passenger, Roland Seitre, said just before taking off from Tenerife earlier Sunday.

From Barron's • May 10, 2026

On 23 April 2025 he was sentenced by Milton Keynes magistrates to a youth rehabilitation order with intensive supervision and surveillance, ending on 22 October 2025.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

Attendees at one point hurried to avoid a tethered surveillance drone crashing to the ground from above their heads.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

There have been 890 laboratory-confirmed cases of hantavirus disease reported in the U.S. since surveillance began in 1993, according to the most recent data from the CDC.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026

After several nights of fruitless surveillance, Butler plucked up enough courage to ask....

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer




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