surveillance
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From Salon • Apr. 23, 2026
Staring into the camera, they lock eyes with us, powerfully blurring the line between watcher and watched and reminding us that today the surveillance state is more powerful—and expansive—than it was then.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026
High-definition surveillance provided by CIA drones was crucial in eliminating Oseguera, The Wall Street Journal reported.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026
Here, the Black female body, transformed first into a suite of medical data and then into an employee, is recalled as the historical site of institutional surveillance and social scrutiny.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026
My first view of my sister's boyfriend, then, was via aerial surveillance.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
Vocabulary lists containing surveillance
John F. Kennedy's Address to the American People on the Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)
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