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Recent Examples of surveil
More specifically — and without spoiling a story that piles the twists as high as the corpses — Pine's an ex-British soldier pulled from his porter duties and recruited to surveil a ruthless arms dealer, Richard Roper (Hugh Laurie) staying at the hotel.
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Matt Cabral, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Apr. 2026
Karp regularly defends Palantir when the company is criticized for providing tools used to surveil immigrants and Americans.
—Samantha Subin, CNBC, 10 Apr. 2026
Under the 1994 Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA), American telecoms are required to maintain systems to surveil unencrypted conversations when required by court order.
—Kevin Collier, NBC news, 3 Apr. 2026
Recently, Customs and Border Protection was granted access to over 80,000 Flock cameras, which have also been used to surveil protests.
—Jess Reia, The Conversation, 27 Mar. 2026
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Matt Cabral, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Apr. 2026
Karp regularly defends Palantir when the company is criticized for providing tools used to surveil immigrants and Americans.
—Samantha Subin, CNBC, 10 Apr. 2026
Under the 1994 Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA), American telecoms are required to maintain systems to surveil unencrypted conversations when required by court order.
—Kevin Collier, NBC news, 3 Apr. 2026
Recently, Customs and Border Protection was granted access to over 80,000 Flock cameras, which have also been used to surveil protests.
—Jess Reia, The Conversation, 27 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for surveil
Verb
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The bill includes limits on how many vehicles one remote operator can monitor at a time.—
Kenny Choi,
CBS News,
30 Apr. 2026
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The police were patient, monitoring major criminals planning huge drug shipments and murders in real time.—
Ed Caesar,
New Yorker,
30 Apr. 2026
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For years, the rover ascended a feature called Mount Sharp within the crater, aiming to reach clay-rich layers that orbiters circling the planet had spied.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
24 Apr. 2026
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And then head out to spy for local birds and native plants at the Sepulveda Basin Recreation Area in the San Fernando Valley where San Fernando Valley Audubon Society keeps a watchful eye to maintain its vibrancy.—
Daily News,
Daily News,
16 Apr. 2026
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Besides the risk of Oracle snooping into your business, there’s also the possibility of regulatory capture — that is, because Ellison is so tight with the Trumps, what remains of the government watchdogs won’t stop it.—
Elizabeth Lopatto,
The Verge,
29 Apr. 2026
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This leads to a lively scene where Carl and his glowering right-hand man make an impromptu visit to Hypergnosis headquarters and demand a demonstration of Duncan’s snooping network.—
Scott Tobias,
Vulture,
26 Apr. 2026
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“Surveil.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surveil. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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