surveillance
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Around 12:12 a.m., within seconds of the fire being detected on a surveillance camera, Rinderknecht attempted to call 911, but the call failed.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 25, 2026
That character has been a fixture since McCulley’s time but, á la Disney’s TV version of the ’50s, was made mute but not deaf—and therefore a source of surveillance for Zorro.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 25, 2026
The adoption has faced criticism from human rights organisations, citing fears of mass surveillance and risks of misidentification.
From Barron's • Jun. 24, 2026
The point of mass surveillance in the kind of Larry Ellison sense — “you’re always being watched, so you’re on your best behavior” — is that you’re always terrified into compliance.
From Salon • Jun. 22, 2026
The Bureau had kept surveillance videotapes of comings and goings into the Soviet embassy, filmed from a secret location across the street.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
Vocabulary lists containing surveillance
John F. Kennedy's Address to the American People on the Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)
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This Week In Words: August 1–6, 2020
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