eavesdropper
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He just wants to be an eavesdropper in the room, standing back against the dusty brick-a-brack.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2026
Unfortunately, the researchers using them are often faced with a similar plight as the unfortunate eavesdropper, leaning against a locked door with an empty glass to their ear.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 4, 2024
I am, at the very least, receiving texts all the time, a party to conversations in which I am alternately an eavesdropper and an active participant.
From New York Times ● Jan. 16, 2024
Communicating with entangled light can also guarantee security, as measurements of quantum systems can reveal the presence of the eavesdropper.
From Salon ● Oct. 6, 2022
He listened like an unwilling eavesdropper to the muffled, indistinguishable drone of the lowered voices outside.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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