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Recent Examples of surveil
Federal and state governments have a long and sorry history of using their power to surveil Americans.
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Ross Marchand, Baltimore Sun, 7 May 2025
To exercise greater control and suppress dissent, regimes in the Middle East now spread disinformation through social media and surveil political opponents through GPS trackers.
—Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
In the weeks leading up to the APEC summit, the suspects allegedly had the two people surveil the victim, install a tracking device on his car as well as slash the car’s tires.
—Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2025
The nation has a contract to launch a total of five satellites with SpaceX.
Once its five-satellite constellation is complete, the South Korean military will be able to surveil its neighbor to the north every two hours, Yonhap News reports.
—Brett Tingley, Space.com, 23 Apr. 2025
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Ross Marchand, Baltimore Sun, 7 May 2025
To exercise greater control and suppress dissent, regimes in the Middle East now spread disinformation through social media and surveil political opponents through GPS trackers.
—Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
In the weeks leading up to the APEC summit, the suspects allegedly had the two people surveil the victim, install a tracking device on his car as well as slash the car’s tires.
—Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2025
The nation has a contract to launch a total of five satellites with SpaceX.
Once its five-satellite constellation is complete, the South Korean military will be able to surveil its neighbor to the north every two hours, Yonhap News reports.
—Brett Tingley, Space.com, 23 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for surveil
Verb
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Here are some trends to monitor during the early portion of the month as the Cardinals aim to keep afloat.—
Katie Woo,
New York Times,
6 June 2025
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Dilly Dally, like other turtles treated and re-released by the LMC, will be tracked via satellite attached to her shell to chart her movements and monitor her re-acclimation to living in the wild.—
Alana Wise,
NPR,
6 June 2025
Verb
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Suddenly, Vampire Weekend’s towering drummer, Chris Tomson, spied Monaco.—
Ben Crandell,
Sun Sentinel,
10 June 2025
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Gung-ho prosecutors may leave and be replaced by prosecutors with other priorities, who are replaced by still others, who are replaced by still others, etc., until someone spies the fast-ticking statute-of-limitations clock and suddenly slams the machine into a higher gear.—
Teri Sforza,
Oc Register,
4 June 2025
Verb
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Others described judges attempting to snoop or surveil them.—
Carrie Johnson,
NPR,
9 June 2025
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Jason’s friend and a fellow associate of Brian’s, Cal feels safest hanging at home, snooping on Coast Guard comms with a few beers and some private browser tabs open.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
10 May 2025
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“Surveil.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surveil. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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