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Recent Examples of wiretap
Despite the technology’s potential for good, of course, there is a clear Orwellian thread in the idea of a future where bad actors can wiretap your brain.
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Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 26 May 2023
There were real-world flaws with the Russia investigation, especially how the F.B.I. botched applications to wiretap a former Trump campaign adviser.
—Charlie Savage, New York Times, 17 May 2023
The Justice Department’s inspector general, Michael Horowitz, issued a scathing report in December 2019 that criticized how the FBI won court orders to wiretap Carter Page, a Trump campaign adviser.
—Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 20 Jan. 2023
Steele's dossier, which was funded by Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign and the Democratic National Committee, was used by the FBI to convince a court to authorize a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act warrant to wiretap former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page in October 2016.
—Daniel Chaitin, Washington Examiner, 26 Sep. 2020
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Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 26 May 2023
There were real-world flaws with the Russia investigation, especially how the F.B.I. botched applications to wiretap a former Trump campaign adviser.
—Charlie Savage, New York Times, 17 May 2023
The Justice Department’s inspector general, Michael Horowitz, issued a scathing report in December 2019 that criticized how the FBI won court orders to wiretap Carter Page, a Trump campaign adviser.
—Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 20 Jan. 2023
Steele's dossier, which was funded by Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign and the Democratic National Committee, was used by the FBI to convince a court to authorize a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act warrant to wiretap former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page in October 2016.
—Daniel Chaitin, Washington Examiner, 26 Sep. 2020
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wiretap
Verb
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Malaysian real estate companies are tapping the data center boom.—
Jonathan Burgos,
Forbes,
30 Jan. 2025
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Longtime Musk ally David Sacks was tapped by Trump to the be the White House AI and crypto czar.—
MacKenzie Sigalos,Ari Levy,
CNBC,
30 Jan. 2025
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And most people do not have just one thing about their skin that bugs them or just one sign of aging, and laser stacking is meant to address that very fact—with a treatment protocol that’s deeply rooted in Korean culture, explains Dr. Chang, who visits Korea several times a year.—
Taryn Brooke,
Allure,
27 Jan. 2025
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Impact Impact, another word that bugs me to no end, is in my top three words to drop.—
Renae Gregoire,
Forbes,
4 Dec. 2024
Verb
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Such an alignment of six planets is rare—occurring only a few times per decade—unlike conjunctions of two bodies, which can be spied several times across the course of a year.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
31 Jan. 2025
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Perhaps to spy, but also perhaps to continue Helly’s relationship with Mark.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025
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Courtney Vail, board chair for the Rocky Mountain Wolf Project, overheard her comment.—
Mark Dent,
thehustle.co,
31 Jan. 2025
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While undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer, Flossmoor resident Ann Jackson overheard a patient getting treatment conversing.—
Francine Knowles,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Jan. 2025
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“Wiretap.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wiretap. Accessed 11 Feb. 2025.
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