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surveillance

[ser-vay-luhns, -vayl-yuhns] / sərˈveɪ ləns, -ˈveɪl jəns /


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That framing makes the doorstep surveillance more disturbing.

From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026

Similarly, Chinese authorities might be concerned that a full integration of Tesla into SpaceX might lead to the EVs cars conducting surveillance, he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

Mr. Gershkovich was aware of being tailed on reporting assignments and did his best to avoid surveillance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

Norwegian salmon producers are deploying lasers, robots and AI surveillance to keep fish alive longer amid booming global demand.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

Gold’s long-time contact, Semyon Semyonov, had been under extremely close FBI surveillance lately, making it too risky for him to be closely involved with a source as valuable as Fuchs.

From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin

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

The secretive court approves surveillances warrants under Fisa against "agent of a foreign power", mainly to either the FBI or NSA.

From BBC ● Mar. 5, 2017

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

The soldiers went to bed, and Keyser lay wondering for a while before he took his nap between his surveillances.

From Red Men and White by Frederic Remington


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