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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.
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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
Over the past decade, the company has also built a lucrative side business of digital tools — including ankle monitors, smart watches and tracking apps — to surveil immigrants on behalf of the federal government.
—Paul Mozur, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
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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
Over the past decade, the company has also built a lucrative side business of digital tools — including ankle monitors, smart watches and tracking apps — to surveil immigrants on behalf of the federal government.
—Paul Mozur, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for surveil
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Fire resources will remain at the scene overnight to strengthen containment and monitor fire activity.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
25 May 2025
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Before joining a clinical trial, ask the researchers if an IRB is monitoring the study. Cost: Ask the research team if there is a cost to join the study.—
Carrie Madormo,
Health,
25 May 2025
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On Wednesday, an investigator spied a suspicious drone over the detention center shortly before 3 a.m. and tracked it to a landing spot on top of an SUV parked just down the road.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
24 May 2025
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This sounds like a possible link to spy craft or missile warning, but there's a chance Chinese officials approved the patches to misdirect outside observers, or there's no connection at all.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
23 May 2025
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That time Matty fetched Alfie’s wallet from Olympia’s office, lest her boss discover the kid had been snooping?—
Matt Webb Mitovich,
TVLine,
3 Apr. 2025
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TikTok confirmed in 2022 that four of its employees had been fired for using the app to snoop on several journalists in an effort to track down their sources.—
Brian X. Chen,
New York Times,
26 Mar. 2025
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“Surveil.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surveil. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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