eavesdrop

An expanded diplomatic presence will allow North Korea’s spy agency to eavesdrop more on overseas communications, Chun said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026

The president sometimes messes with the reporters on the line or lets people around him eavesdrop on speakerphone.

From Slate ● Mar. 18, 2026

In rehearsal, Mays fully inhabits his role — and his costume — moving with a lithe formality as he strives to eavesdrop on Mozart and Constanze.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2026

Their ability to detect low-frequency sounds helps them eavesdrop on the mating calls of frogs.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2025

She did not mean to eavesdrop, of course.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood

One of the few au courant innovations on “What’s in the Box?” involves surveillance: As one couple answers questions, the camera eavesdrops on the conversations among their competition, which can range from catty to worse.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 16, 2025

As a teen in Azerbaijan, Kiesling’s Bunny eavesdrops on chatter about oil companies scrambling for position in the post-Soviet state; later, in Texas, she becomes enmeshed in a small energy firm’s dubious involvement with renewables.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2023

Mailata, a five-year veteran, eavesdrops on Kelce’s tutorials to Jurgens so he can learn more about football.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 19, 2023

The film eavesdrops on board meetings and attends parties.

From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2022

Mom eavesdrops on Abuela and me then lambastes us with one of her sixty-odd diatribes when she doesn’t like what she hears.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García

“Maybe they’re fakes, maybe they are eavesdropped conversations,” Putin said of the transcripts earlier reported by Bloomberg News.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 27, 2025

Data might be despatched through optical fibres using particles of light making it almost impossible to be eavesdropped or hacked.

From BBC ● May 6, 2024

They eavesdropped on conversations — some critiquing Ballard’s shape a little harshly considering the one day of training the starters had together.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 21, 2024

During one moment in “The Willows,” I found myself trapped under a bed with an actor, Jacob Miller’s character named Conrad, and a stranger as we eavesdropped on another group.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2022

Mr. Berrycloth, who has clearly eavesdropped, remains quiet.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

Unlike surround-sound in movie theaters which pinpoints directionality, the result here was diffusion — not eavesdropping but pure immersion.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2026

A VPN cannot protect you from all online threats, such as eavesdropping attacks, fake Wi-Fi hotspots or IP-based tracking.

From Salon ● Nov. 30, 2025

Quantum cryptography offers a promising defense by using the rules of quantum physics to secure communication against eavesdropping.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 29, 2025

Running only 76 minutes, the movie is a veristic and voluble delight, an exercise in eavesdropping on a pair of smart, funny people who wear posterity—there’s a tape recorder running, after all—with wry lightness.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2025

I didn’t want it to seem obvious that I’d been eavesdropping, but I was eager to tell somebody about what I had just seen.

From "Because of Mr. Terupt" by Rob Buyea