surveils

present tense third-person singular of surveil

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Verb
  • With Wednesday’s fatal shooting of three officers in rural Pennsylvania, more than three dozen law enforcement officers have been killed by hostile means in the line of duty in 2025, according to a national nonprofit organization that monitors such figures.
    Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
  • The upcoming Apple show The Savant, starring Jessica Chastain as a woman who monitors and engages with white supremacists online, tries to address these difficult matters too.
    Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • When Leo first spies the orphaned Josie singing on a Boston street corner, he’s struck by her resemblance to the Pendleton family, his father’s former employers and the victims of great tragedy when their baby was kidnapped in 1880.
    EW.com, EW.com, 28 Aug. 2025
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“Surveils.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surveils. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.

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