surveillance
Example Sentences
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They are immediate and, in his telling, already under constant surveillance.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
And they must reinforce vaccination infrastructure, surveillance systems and rapid-response capabilities.
From Salon • Apr. 22, 2026
Here, the Black female body, transformed first into a suite of medical data and then into an employee, is recalled as the historical site of institutional surveillance and social scrutiny.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026
Officials say the decision to shut down the internet was taken for security reasons, suggesting that it is to prevent surveillance, espionage and cyber-attacks.
From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026
Like all CIA operatives, Marti strapped to her body an SRR-100, a special radio receiver that allowed her to pick up the radio transmissions of KGB surveillance teams that might be tailing her.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
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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