surveillance
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They said they lived under constant surveillance and claimed the Chinese government oppressed and persecuted Tibetans.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
Retrieving relevant video from the surveillance system in the garage “was complex and took several weeks,” according to the report.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
That proposal allocated funding specifically for the purchase of three types of uncrewed platforms over the next five years: coastal surveillance drones, coastal attack drones and small one-way attack drone boats.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
The European Union said it had activated its Copernicus satellite surveillance system to help recovery efforts and was ready to provide more help, while the World Health Organisation said it had dispatched emergency medical supplies.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
Recent surveillance of this zone had revealed the existence of more Earth cats, and I hoped one of them would know which of the local Humans had the best technology.
From "Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat" by Johnny Marciano and Emily Chenoweth
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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John F. Kennedy's Address to the American People on the Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)
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