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surveillance

[ser-vay-luhns, -vayl-yuhns] / sərˈveɪ ləns, -ˈveɪl jəns /


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She picked the Santa Monica apartment, Wright said, because it offered 24-hour on-site security personnel, video surveillance and an escort to and from the parking garage.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

"Our military has stepped up surveillance and vigilance against possible additional launches," it added in its statement.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

The country has experience containing several Ebola outbreaks, including through surveillance, contact tracing and the isolation of suspected cases.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

The tightened surveillance has forced escapees to choose more dangerous routes, including dashing across the DMZ or swimming across the maritime border.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

If they heard those Russian words, they would know that an enemy surveillance team had seen them and blown their cover.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau

And with the increased use of the Internet and so that changed the level of technical complexity of the surveillances that the FBI wanted to do.

From MSNBC ● May 30, 2019

"I have conducted surveillances for Triangle in England, in South America, Miami, California, Hong Kong, Peru, Alaska. I travel all over the world doing these surveillances and nothing really changes," Sullivan said.

From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2015

I am still being surveilled, but now it’s much harder to tie all those small surveillances back to me and ads don’t follow me around.

From Slate ● Mar. 2, 2015

Del Rosario said the latest Chinese activity in Scarborough Shoal was discussed at a cabinet meeting on Wednesday, where fresh surveillances pictures were shown.

From Reuters ● Sep. 4, 2013

I had expected to detect some evidences of surveillances, but if any were indeed being observed, the fact was effectively masked.

From The Return of Dr. Fu-Manchu by Sax Rohmer




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