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Recent Examples of surveil
What stems behind this is the idea that the central bank should control and surveil how people are spending money to deny the ability to commit crime in the first place.
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Roger Huang, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
China has used facial recognition and algorithms to supercharge its ability to surveil its people and snuff out dissent.
—David Pierson, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2025
The Hacking Team Leak – An Italian cybersecurity firm that sold hacking tools to law enforcement and intelligence agencies was hacked in 2015, exposing contracts with repressive governments using their tools to surveil dissidents.
—Emil Sayegh, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
During a massive search in 2023, Mackenna's team used drones and other technology to surveil the lake.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2025
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Roger Huang, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
China has used facial recognition and algorithms to supercharge its ability to surveil its people and snuff out dissent.
—David Pierson, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2025
The Hacking Team Leak – An Italian cybersecurity firm that sold hacking tools to law enforcement and intelligence agencies was hacked in 2015, exposing contracts with repressive governments using their tools to surveil dissidents.
—Emil Sayegh, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
During a massive search in 2023, Mackenna's team used drones and other technology to surveil the lake.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for surveil
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These storms may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio stations and available television stations for additional information and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
8 Apr. 2025
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Authorities also will monitor air quality for radiation and use drones and surveillance cameras to keep an eye on the crowds.—
Carlie Kollath Wells,
Axios,
7 Apr. 2025
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Although not a household name like the CIA or FBI, the NSA is a vast and extremely high-tech spying agency that specializes in gathering signals intelligence – more commonly known as electronic eavesdropping - around the world, in space and more recently in cyberspace.—
Josh Meyer,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2025
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But everything would suddenly shift after a woman named Ariana spied Foxy’s photo.—
TJ Macias,
Kansas City Star,
1 Apr. 2025
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Admins with full access can snoop on the communications at any time.—
Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
3 Apr. 2025
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Back at Kayenta Police Station, a new FBI agent, Sylvie Washington, is snooping around.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
16 Mar. 2025
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“Surveil.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surveil. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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